Fiddler Alternatives for Mac

Fiddler is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Charles. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try mitmproxy or HTTP Toolkit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Fiddler and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Fiddler are Burp Suite, Proxyman, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) and Requestly.

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  1. Charles icon
     68 likes

    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).

    28 Charles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Charles vs Fiddler Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -23

    It doesnt log outgoing and incoming requests.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Charles is Paid and ProprietaryFiddler is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. mitmproxy icon
     78 likes

    mitmproxy is an SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP. It provides a console interface that allows traffic flows to be inspected and edited on the fly. It also features mitmdump, a commandline tool that provides a tcpdump-like interface for saving, viewing and...

    23 mitmproxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    mitmproxy vs Fiddler Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    4

    mitmproxy is able to edit response data

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    mitmproxy is free and well featured, but fiddler does have an easier workflow to start with

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It's able to analyze http requests made by other proxies, many other of the alternatives here only allow creating requests

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • mitmproxy is Free and Open SourceFiddler is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. HTTP Toolkit icon
     96 likes

    HTTP Toolkit is a beautiful, cross-platform & open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy, analyzer & client, with built-in support for modern tools and automatic interception for clients from Docker to Android to iOS.

    50 HTTP Toolkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
     
  4. Burp Suite icon
     46 likes

    Burp Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications. Its various tools work seamlessly together to support the entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an application's attack surface, through to finding and exploiting...

    30 Burp Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Proxyman icon
     15 likes

    Proxyman is a high-performance macOS app, which enables developers to view HTTP/HTTPS requests from apps and domains. Available on macOS, iOS, Windows & Linux.

    56 Proxyman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Proxyman vs Fiddler Comments
    Jame Lumbber
    Positive
    1

    Fiddler is for super-user, and unfriendly for newbie. Proxyman is designed by strictly following the macOS human guideline from Apple, so it feels like the home.

    • Proxyman is Paid and ProprietaryFiddler is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.

    33 Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
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    1
    Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) vs Fiddler Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    6

    ZAP is a proxy for attacks, not a proxy for development

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is Free and Open SourceFiddler is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Requestly icon
     33 likes

    Requestly is a lightweight proxy available as a browser extension & desktop app to intercept & modify network requests. Using Requestly you can Modify Headers, Redirect Url, Mock API response, Delay/Throttle requests, etc.

    34 Requestly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Selenium
    • Firefox
     
  8. API testing tool. Which allows web developers to create and test custom HTTP requests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • AppImageHub
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
     
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    1
    Advanced REST Client vs Fiddler Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    5

    Fiddler is a Proxy tool used to intercept and examine HTTP requests not to create an test HTTP requests.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Advanced REST Client is Free and Open SourceFiddler is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Stoplight icon
     12 likes

    Stoplight is an API Design, Development, and Documentation platform that enables consistency, reusability, and quality, all with an easy, enjoyable developer experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Surge for Mac icon
     3 likes

    Working quietly on the Menubar, Surge is a high-performance HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy server. It is capable of intercepting and logging the summary of HTTP traffic, and meanwhile transmitting the traffic to other proxy servers according to the flexible rule system.

    15 Surge for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Kusho icon
     3 likes

    Never test your APIs manually again.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. PolarProxy icon
     2 likes

    PolarProxy is a transparent SSL/TLS proxy. PolarProxy decrypts and re-encrypts TLS traffic, while also saving the decrypted traffic in a PCAP file that can be loaded into Wireshark or an intrusion detection system (IDS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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