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Charles vs Source - git client and code editor

A side-by-side look at Charles and Source - git client and code editor. 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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Source - git client and code editor

Source - git client and code editor

Development

Source is a free, open source code editor and Git client. It has high performance code intelligence with syntax highlighting for over 80 languages and a built-in Git client with advanced features such as multiple Git repositories support and rebase with abort, continue and skip commands.

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