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Charles vs HTTP Toolkit

A side-by-side look at Charles and HTTP Toolkit. 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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HTTP Toolkit

HTTP Toolkit

Development

HTTP Toolkit is an open-source web debugging proxy and HTTP inspection tool. It allows developers to intercept, inspect, and modify HTTP requests and responses as they pass between a browser or application and the server.

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