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Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

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Re: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

#11

mitmproxy is a fantastic tool and free. This is just marketing spam. https://mitmproxy.org

It doesn't seem to do https right? I like fiddler a lot on windowns as well and fiddler is also free with a better ui and more feature than Charles or mitmproxy.

Re: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

#13

mitmproxy is a fantastic tool and free. This is just marketing spam. https://mitmproxy.org

It doesn't seem to do https right? I like fiddler a lot on windowns as well and fiddler is also free with a better ui and more feature than Charles or mitmproxy.

From the portal: "mitmproxy is an interactive, SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP with a console interface."

Re: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

#16

Is anybody aware of alternatives? I'd like to compare before deciding which one to embrace.

I like Fiddler, although I use Charles almost every day. The advantage of Fiddler is that it has an API to program the shit out of it. It's .NET based and only for Windows.

Wireshark is also great but has a steep learning curve.

Re: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

#19

Is anybody aware of alternatives? I'd like to compare before deciding which one to embrace.

I use Cello from the Mac App Store and I quite like it. I used to use mitmproxy, you can't interrupt/modify responses in Cello like you can with mitmproxy.

Re: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

#20
We use Charles extensively at work, it's a great tool.

The only thing that really annoys me is that, this being a Java app, the interface works slightly different than the standard OS X interface I'm using to.

I regularly use cmd + backspace, for example, to delete all text until between the beginning of the line and the cursor. In Charles this is a hot key that removes all recorded requests. There are more of such things.

I've been looking for a similar app with a native UI, but haven't been able to find one yet.

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