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+# Portable C++ Hashing Library
+
+This is a mirror of my library hosted at https://create.stephan-brumme.com/hash-library/
+
+In a nutshell:
+
+- computes CRC32, MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 (most common member of the SHA2 functions), Keccak and its SHA3 sibling
+- optional HMAC (keyed-hash message authentication code)
+- no external dependencies, small code size
+- can work chunk-wise (for example when reading streams block-by-block)
+- portable: supports Windows and Linux, tested on Little Endian and Big Endian CPUs
+- roughly as fast as Linux core hashing functions
+- open source, zlib license
+
+You can find code examples, benchmarks and much more on my website https://create.stephan-brumme.com/hash-library/
+
+# How to use
+
+This example computes SHA256 hashes but the API is more or less identical for all hash algorithms:
+
+``` cpp
+// SHA2 test program
+#include "sha256.h"
+#include <iostream> // for std::cout only, not needed for hashing library
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  // create a new hashing object
+  SHA256 sha256;
+
+  // hashing an std::string
+  std::cout << sha256("Hello World") << std::endl;
+  // => a591a6d40bf420404a011733cfb7b190d62c65bf0bcda32b57b277d9ad9f146e
+
+  // hashing a buffer of bytes
+  const char* buffer = "How are you";
+  std::cout << sha256(buffer, 11) << std::endl;
+  // => 9c7d5b046878838da72e40ceb3179580958df544b240869b80d0275cc07209cc
+
+  // or in a streaming fashion (re-use "How are you")
+  SHA256 sha256stream;
+  const char* url = "create.stephan-brumme.com"; // 25 bytes
+  int step = 5;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 25; i += step)
+    sha256stream.add(url + i, step); // add five bytes at a time
+  std::cout << sha256stream.getHash() << std::endl;
+  // => 82aa771f1183c52f973c798c9243a1c73833ea40961c73e55e12430ec77b69f6
+
+  return 0;
+}
+```