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Charles vs gate.js

A side-by-side look at Charles and gate.js. 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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gate.js

gate.js

Development

gate.js is a lightweight JavaScript library for validating data before allowing it into your application. It helps sanitize and validate user input to prevent security issues like XSS and SQL injection attacks.

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