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Charles vs Restfox

A side-by-side look at Charles and Restfox. 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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Restfox

Restfox

Development

Restfox is an open-source API testing tool for REST APIs. It provides an intuitive interface to easily create, organize, run, and report on API tests. Useful for developers and testers when building or validating web APIs.

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