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Charles vs Open Authenticator

A side-by-side look at Charles and Open Authenticator. 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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Open Authenticator

Open Authenticator

Security & Privacy

Open Authenticator is a free and open source two-factor authentication app for Android and iOS. It allows users to generate time-based one-time passwords compatible with Google Authenticator and similar apps for two-factor authentication. It provides an easy way to improve the security of your online accounts.

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