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Charles vs GitHub Hovercard

A side-by-side look at Charles and GitHub Hovercard. 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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GitHub Hovercard

GitHub Hovercard

Development

GitHub Hovercard is a browser extension that enhances GitHub by showing pop-up user profile cards when you hover over usernames, repository names, and more.

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