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Charles vs Ciphernote

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

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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Ciphernote

Ciphernote

Security & Privacy

Ciphernote is a free and open-source note taking app focused on privacy and security. It allows users to create encrypted notes, to-do lists, and reminders that are protected with AES-256 encryption. Ciphernote has customizable themes and supports rich formatting of notes.

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