Charles vs Surge for Mac
A side-by-side look at Charles and Surge for Mac. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
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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Surge for Mac
Development
Surge for Mac is a developer tool that allows you to build, test, and publish static sites and apps locally on your computer. It provides a similar environment to a live server and allows web developers to test projects before deploying them publicly.
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