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BowPad vs Fiddler

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

BowPad

BowPad

Office & Productivity

BowPad is a lightweight plain text editor for Windows. It has a simple interface with basic editing features like syntax highlighting, line numbers, and word wrap. BowPad is free, open source software.

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Fiddler

Fiddler

Development

Fiddler is a free web debugging proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. It allows developers to inspect traffic, set breakpoints, and fiddle with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler can be used to debug traffic from virtually any application that supports a proxy like web browsers, mobile apps, IoT devices, and more.

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