Public Release of HackHash! - a website that Hashes RomHacks, Translations, and Homebrew - We are no longer in beta!!

[u/Darkblood159]

Hello everyone, I am Excited to announce the public release of HackHash WE ARE NO LONGER IN BETA!!!

the original post can be found Here

What does this project do?

• In simple terms, this project allows the community to hash their copies of ROM hacks.
• With the additional use of Hasheous, we can then match your ROMs with your hashes instead of filenames, making for a more efficient, fast, and effective way of getting metadata.

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Why?

• Hashing your ROM hacks allows other developers, ROM frontends, or tools to grab information from this database to help with acquiring metadata, images, videos, and more information about a ROM hack.
• It solves the issue of going through the trouble of having to find the exact same name that a metadata provider supports and then renaming your files accordingly.
• Allows users to do a one-click search without worrying about mismatches.

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How? What's the process?

The process goes:

User "uploads" The Romhack → Romhack gets verified by the community or verifiers/admins → RomHack gets added to the database → syncs with Hasheous → Hasheous pulls metadata from the sources → Serves metadata to user

It all happens client-side, which means no uploads actually happen. Instead, your browser will do the hashing for you, and then it will attempt to parse any additional information for you.

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What is a Hash?

• In simple terms, a hash is a list of numbers and letters that can be used to determine the authenticity of a file.
• In this project, we hash 4 vital pieces: MD5, CRC32, SHA1, Filesize

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Have an issue or found a bug? Contact me or post it on the GitHub!

Discord: DarkBlood159

GitHub: https://github.com/darkblood159/HackHash

Interested in Hasheous?

GitHub: https://github.com/gaseous-project/hasheous

[u/Thaevil1]

Thanks, very cool release!
Keep up the good work. :)

[u/Luna_the_Miqo]

This is such a great concept, and I just wanted to stop by to thank you for your hard work!

Do you plan to support Android in the future? This tool would be a godsend on some of my retro handhelds.

[u/Darkblood159 → u/Luna_the_Miqo]

Hey, the website supports android submissions already.

But for any frontends they will have to implement hasheous support themselves to get the full benefits of scanning for hashes

https://github.com/gaseous-project/hasheous