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Fiddler vs Nipper

A side-by-side look at Fiddler and Nipper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Fiddler

Fiddler

Development

Fiddler is a free web debugging proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. It allows developers to inspect traffic, set breakpoints, and fiddle with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler can be used to debug traffic from virtually any application that supports a proxy like web browsers, mobile apps, IoT devices, and more.

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Nipper

Nipper

Security & Privacy

Nipper is an open source network infrastructure security auditing tool. It can audit and report on the configuration of network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers to identify potential security issues.

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