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Buffer Editor vs Charles

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

Buffer Editor

Buffer Editor

Office & Productivity

Buffer Editor is a lightweight text editor designed for quickly opening and editing files. It has a minimal interface with basic editing functions like search/replace, undo/redo, and syntax highlighting.

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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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