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Auto Hosts vs Charles

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

Auto Hosts

Auto Hosts

Security & Privacy

Auto Hosts is a free, open-source browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that automatically blocks ads, tracking scripts, and malware by using crowdsourced host files. It aims to protect privacy, speed up page load times, and enhance security.

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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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