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ApiGen vs Charles

A side-by-side look at ApiGen and Charles. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ApiGen

ApiGen

Development

ApiGen is an open-source PHP documentation generator that analyzes source code comments and generates API documentation from them. It supports PHP, JavaScript, and XML doc comment formats.

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Charles

Charles

Development

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

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