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Charles is a powerful HTTP proxy for developers to inspect and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS/SSL traffic. It offers detailed request and response analysis, debugging tools, and validation features for web development.
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  • Pros

    • Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL traffic.
    • Inspects requests, responses, and headers.
    • Bandwidth throttling for connection simulation.
    • AJAX debugging and request editing.
    • Validates responses using W3C validator.

  • Cons

    • No mention of platform compatibility beyond PC.
    • Details on reverse proxy functionality are sparse.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
3.10.2
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
19,997
Downloads Last Week
1
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Developer’s Description

By XK72
Monitor HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL traffic on PC.
Charles is an HTTP proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL or HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information). It can be used as a HTTP monitor and Reverse Proxy too. You can view SSL requests and responses in plain text and contents of Flash Remoting or Flex Remoting messages as a tree. It features bandwidth throttling to simulate slower internet connections including latency, AJAX debugging, repeat requests to test back-end changes, edit requests to test different inputs, breakpoints to intercept and edit requests or responses, and validate recorded HTML, CSS and RSS/atom responses using the W3C validator.
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