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Charles vs packeth

A side-by-side look at Charles and packeth. 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).

proxyhttphttpsmonitorreverse-proxy
packeth

packeth

Network & Admin

Packeth is an open-source network packet generator and traffic analysis tool for Ethernet networks. It allows for crafting and sending custom network packets, capturing and analyzing network traffic, and network protocol simulation. Packeth is useful for network testing, troubleshooting, and research.

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