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Charles vs Source Explorer

A side-by-side look at Charles and Source Explorer. 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 Explorer

Source Explorer

Development

Source Explorer is a source code analysis tool for developers. It helps visualize code structure, detect bugs, improve code quality, and understand complex codebases.

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