gmd5

A Pure Perl implementation of the MD5 hashing algorithm, compliant with RFC 1321.

Synopsis

use gmd5 qw(md5 md5_hex);

# Direct hash
my $binary = md5("Hello World");
my $hex = md5_hex("Hello World");

# Streaming hash
my $md5 = gmd5->new;
$md5->add("Hello ");
$md5->add("World");
$hex = $md5->hexdigest;

Description

gmd5 provides a fast and lightweight MD5 hashing library in Pure Perl, with no XS or C dependencies. It supports both one-shot hashing and streaming for large datasets, optimized with efficient buffering and bitwise operations.

Installation

To install from CPAN:

cpan gmd5

Or manually:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Dependencies

• Core Perl modules: strict, warnings, Exporter
• Optional: Time::HiRes (for profiling)
• Testing: Test::More

Testing

Run the test suite:

prove -v ./

Author

OnEhIppY, Domero Software domerosoftware@gmail.com

License

This module is released under the Perl 5 license.

See Also

RFC 1321 - The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm