I've heard Joseph's Myers implementation is quite fast. Additionally, he has a lengthy article on Javascript optimization describing what he learned while writing his implementation. It's a good read for anyone interested in performant javascript.

http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/jkm3/

His MD5 implementation can be found here

Answer from Matt Baker on Stack Overflow
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MD5 in JavaScript in Browser | Hashing and Validation Across Programming Languages
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What’s the fastest and most reliable MD5 implementation in JavaScript? - TestMu AI Community
There are several JavaScript MD5 hash libraries available, but I’m looking for the most advanced, bug-free, and fast one to use with my tool at bruechner.de/md5file/js/. Any recommendations? More on community.testmu.ai
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SparkMD5, a fast md5 hash library that performs normal and incremental hashing useful to calculate the md5 of large files
var hexHash = SparkMD5.hash('Hi there'); // hex hash var rawHash = SparkMD5.hash('Hi there', true); // OR raw hash I'm not a big fan of the second argument being a boolean. Just passing true doesn't say anything about its function. I'd prefer seeing something like { raw: true } to make it clear. More on reddit.com
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Why would one want to use MD5? It's a broken hash function. More on reddit.com
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Cracking MD5 with JS, can I somehow use a bitcoin miner instead of maxing cpu usage?

There is some experiment using GPU computing in javascript: https://github.com/stormcolor/webclgl, demo: https://rawgit.com/stormcolor/webclgl/master/demos/benchmarks/index.html

It won't provide access to bitcoin miner, but probably much better than raw CPU.

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Blueimp
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January 23, 2024 - #javascript #node · You can create hashes in Node.js without the need to install any external library. Usually, I create the following utility function in the projects I work on: /** * Hashes a string using md5 * * @param {string} str * @returns {string} */ export const md5 = (str) => createHash('md5').update(str).digest('hex') And I use it to replace the md5 library whenever I come across it.
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md5('Message to hash'); var hash = md5.create(); hash.update('Message to hash'); hash.hex(); // HMAC md5.hmac('key', 'Message to hash'); var hash = md5.hmac.create('key'); hash.update('Message to hash'); hash.hex();
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Answer (1 of 6): MD5 cryptographic algorithm is not reversible. The hash value created by the MD5 cannot be decrypted to get the input back to its original value. Simply there is no way to decrypt an MD5 password To hash: Integrate the blueimp/JavaScript-MD5 library in your projects to be used ...
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What’s the fastest and most reliable MD5 implementation in JavaScript? - TestMu AI Community
March 7, 2025 - There are several JavaScript MD5 hash libraries available, but I’m looking for the most advanced, bug-free, and fast one to use with my tool at bruechner.de/md5file/js/. Any recommendations?