Charles vs Hex Edit
A side-by-side look at Charles and Hex Edit. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
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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Hex Edit
Development
Hex Edit is a type of software used to view and edit hexadecimal data in a file. It allows you to see the raw hex bytes that make up a file and modify them.
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