Charles vs WinNc
A side-by-side look at Charles and WinNc. 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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WinNc
File Management
WinNc is an open-source, portable and lightweight file manager and FTP client for Windows. It allows browsing, copying, moving, deleting files and folders with a tabbed dual-pane interface similar to Windows Explorer.
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