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24 alternatives to Charles Web Debugging Proxy

HTTP(S) proxy that enables a developer to inspect traffic

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Charles Web Debugging Proxy launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Proxyman▲196

   An modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy

   2019 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Proxie▲3

   HTTP Debugging Proxy for Mac

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Charles Proxy▲2

   Web debugging proxy application

   2019 · its alternatives →

4. 4AP
   A proxy service for debugging HTTP/S traffic▲75

   2017 · debugproxy.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Proxy.app▲80

   Web Interception Proxy For Mac OS X

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HTTP Catcher▲81

   Web debugging proxy for iOS

   2019 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Traceptor▲4

   HTTP/HTTPS PROXY · DEBUGGER for MacOS

   Jul 2026 · traceptor.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LW
   LightProxy – Web debugging proxy alternative to Charles▲27

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Surge▲97

   Advanced web debugging proxy for Mac & iOS

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NetworkSpy▲89

    HTTP(s) proxy debugger with custom viewer

    Jun 2026 · networkspy.app · its alternatives →

11. 11HM
    HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup▲341

    2019 · httptoolkit.tech · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Charles Proxy for iOS▲4

    Capture & inspect network requests & responses on iOS

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Cloud Middleman▲85

    The only web debugging proxy that runs in the cloud

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14MS
    My shell script for HTTP/HTTPS troubleshooting and profiling▲155

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HR
    Hurl – Run and test HTTP requests with plain text, curl and Rust▲223

    2021 · hurl.dev · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ProxyBin▲16

    Inspect and debug http requests on the cloud

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Proxy.app▲68

    An app to proxy your network connections, native for OS X

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18WR
    We’re open-sourcing Requestly - HTTP debugging proxy for Web and Mobile▲54

    Hey HN! We’ve open-sourced Requestly (https://github.com/requestly/requestly) - A network debugging proxy for web & mobile apps. Requestly intercepts all HTTP(s) requests & responses and provides full control to developers to modify the request/response like rewriting request URL to hit different environment or returning different response for APIs/scripts. In addition to HTTP(s) interception & modification capabilities, Requestly also offers Mock Server [0] & recording the browser sessions [1] with video, console logs, & network logs stitched together. We use…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Intercept▲7

    OS X proxy and TLS interception to inspect network traffic

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Proxie▲5

    HTTP Debugging Proxy

    2018 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Inspect-HTTP-Proxy: a tool to pretty-print JSON requests/responses▲8

    A simple Go-based HTTP proxy designed for detailed inspection of requests and responses. It logs traffic to the console with colorization, automatic decompression, and formatting for common content types, while remaining transparent to the client application. Ideal for debugging API interactions, understanding middleware behavior, or simply getting a clear view of HTTP traffic flow with jq-like pretty-printing & colorization of request/response. Automatically redacts parts of Authorization header to avoid token leakage.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Proxy Tester by ScrapeOps▲208

    Benchmark proxies for reliable, target-specific scraping

    Aug 2026 · scrapeops.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HTTP View▲126

    Supercharged HTTP(S) debugging, in one click

    2019 · its alternatives →

24. 24FC
    Fakettp – Command line http debugging proxy▲8

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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