1---
2title: md5
3linktitle: md5
4description: hashes the given input and returns its MD5 checksum.
5date: 2017-02-01
6publishdate: 2017-02-01
7lastmod: 2017-02-01
8categories: [functions]
9menu:
10  docs:
11    parent: "functions"
12keywords: []
13signature: ["md5 INPUT"]
14workson: []
15hugoversion:
16relatedfuncs: [sha]
17deprecated: false
18aliases: []
19---
20
21```
22{{ md5 "Hello world, gophers!" }}
23<!-- returns the string "b3029f756f98f79e7f1b7f1d1f0dd53b" -->
24```
25
26This can be useful if you want to use [Gravatar](https://en.gravatar.com/) for generating a unique avatar:
27
28```
29<img src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{{ md5 "your@email.com" }}?s=100&d=identicon">
30```
31