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Fiddler vs WinDbg

A side-by-side look at Fiddler and WinDbg. 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.

proxyhttphttpstraffic-inspectionbreakpoints
WinDbg

WinDbg

Development

WinDbg is a powerful Windows debugging tool used mainly for analyzing crashes and errors in Windows applications and drivers. It provides detailed assembly-level debugging and can be used to inspect live programs or crash dumps.

debuggerwindowscrash-analysisassembly-debugging

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