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Dev tools · August 14, 2015

Runtime configurable HTTP proxy designed for E2E testing, written in Go

Martian is a library for building custom HTTP/S proxies - google/martian

Runtime configurable HTTP proxy designed for E2E testing, written in Go launched on August 14, 2015 with 12 votes, #1,492 of 3,588 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Martian is a Go library for building custom HTTP and HTTPS proxies that can be configured at runtime, making it useful for end-to-end testing scenarios. Developers can use it to create proxies tailored to their specific testing needs without building from scratch. The tool is open-source and available on GitHub, offering a flexible foundation for intercepting and modifying HTTP traffic during QA and development workflows.

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