[-->] Here are some alternative forks in active development.

[a-raccoon]

I'm not very Github smart. Does anyone know how I can determine which (if any) of the 119 project forks are in active development?

Jump to Checkpoint.

[warp16]

Don't think it's a fork, but https://github.com/namazso/OpenHashTab is a similar project and actively maintained.

[Darthagnon]

I'm currently using old HashCheck in preference to new OpenHashTab (despite the latter's nicer UI), as it currently has a better SFV export function and a "double-click to check hashes from sumfile in a nice GUI" function. OpenHashTab's sumfile checking GUI is less pretty and a bit less intuitive (sumfile >> properties >> Hashes >> it will now check the files).

EDIT: A good way to tell by eye if a fork on GitHub is active is:

1. Is it renamed? New maintainers often rename their versions
2. Are there forks of that fork? That could indicate activity among a bunch of programmer buddies or people treating it as the "new master branch" and an active fork.

If the answer is yes to either question, then it's worth a click to find out if its commits are ahead of the master branch. If they are ahead, then it's more up-to-date. If they are even or behind the master branch, then don't bother and just use the master branch.

[a-raccoon]

@Darthagnon thanks, I wasn't aware that project forks would display in a tree format to reveal forks-of-forks and forks-of-forks-of-forks. This project just displays a long list of forks with no telling information, graphs, etc that I know about.

I am going to use OpenHashTab for a month and then start submitting Issues over there with suggestions to migrate some features from this project as it seems to have sunset.

[namazso]

@Darthagnon hey, just found your comment while lurking this repo. I'm the developer of OpenHashTab

a "double-click to check hashes from sumfile in a nice GUI" function

This has been a secret feature for over a month actually, available via a registry tweak (which I just posted): namazso/OpenHashTab#35

[Darthagnon]

@namazso That is awesome! You're a legend! Thank you! Guess I'll be replacing HashCheck soon :D

[orbittwz]

@namazso moved to OpenHashTab as well since this branch is not in development anymore :)

[tERyceNzAchE]

@idrassi (main VeraCrypt developer) recently created a fork idrassi/HashCheck that added Blake3 support.
Go show him some love and hopefully he will continue to maintain it.

[1024mb]

What I don't understand is why @gurnec doesn't just say that he is not going to develop/support this software anymore, he is active in other projects so he is alive and has access to this account, after so many years there is no response from him.

@idrassi (main VeraCrypt developer) recently created a fork idrassi/HashCheck that added Blake3 support.
Go show him some love and hopefully he will continue to maintain it.

Do you know if there is a forum or some place where issues and request can be posted?

[tERyceNzAchE]

Do you know if there is a forum or some place where issues and request can be posted?

It looks like Issues aren't enabled on the fork repository. You could always email @idrassi and ask him to enable it.

[idrassi]

@1024mb I have enable issues on my fork repository.
I don't promise to be always reactive as I have other projects to maintain but I will do my best to keep enhancing this useful tool.

[flawrist]

@idrassi, thank you for taking HashCheck over and playing the leading role now as other context hashers to date are ugly.

[KrasnayaPloshchad]

HashTab is going to be open sourced, see implbits.com.

[a-raccoon]

Checkpoint. 2021-07-26 (only fairly accurate)

2004-2009 --- HashTab Shell Extension by Cody Batt of Beeblebrox.org (defunct)

The original software. "Source is available upon request." Versions 1.0 (2004) to 3.0 (2009)

2011-2021 --- HashTab by Implbits.com

Sold(?) / Evolved(?) to Implbits Software. Became a commercial product. Versions 4.0 (2011) to 6.0.0.34 (2021).
In 2021, Implbits announced HashTab has reached its End of Life and source code will be released to github. (eol statement)

2008-2009 --- HashCheck by Kai Liu of code.kliu.org

A new champion enters the ring. When HashTab Shell Extension became closed-source non-free software (at the time), Kliu came out with his own free offering, HashCheck. Versions 1.0 (2008) to 2.1.11 (2009). (changelog) (download)
Around this time, HashTab supported a very huge array of hash algorithms that HashCheck did not have. I forget the source of the commercial library that HashTab was using.

2014-2016 --- HashCheck forked by Christopher Gurnee @gurnec to github.com

This fork. Versions 2.2.2 (2014) through 2.4.0 (2016). (project) (releases)
Credit is also given to David B. Trout (2014) and Tim Schlueter (2016) but I lost what their contributions were.
Mike Tzou @Chocobo1 of Hash C++14 Header-only Hash Library

2021-present(2021) --- HashCheck forked by Mounir Idrassi @idrassi of VeraCrypt on github.com

This fork switches algorithms SHA-256, SHA-512 and SHA3 to use the OpenSSL engine for great speed improvements, and adds Blake3 algorithm. A nice surprise after 5 years of stalled development. Version 2.5.0 (2021). (project) (releases)

2019-present(2021) --- OpenHashTab by @namazso on github.com

Inspired by HashTab, this is another wholly new development with similar design, but lacks the hash verify UI of Kai Liu's HachCheck. It focuses more on the shell extension UI and adds coloring for matching sums between multiple files, and also supports a very huge array of hash algorithms, like HashTab, that HashCheck does not yet support (but that very few people would actually use). Versions 1.1 (2019) to 3.0.1 (2021). (project) (releases)

[1024mb]

There is also rhash, it's been around since 2005.
http://rhash.sourceforge.net/