Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome



Charles is described as '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)' and is a popular http(s) debugger in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Charles for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Charles alternative is mitmproxy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Charles are Fiddler, HTTP Toolkit, Burp Suite and Proxyman.



Built from the ground up for mobile developers. Monitor network requests, logs, and events in real-time. Debug faster, ship with confidence.




ReqRes is an open-source, high-performance, modern native web debugging proxy for macOS. It lets you capture, inspect, modify, and intercept HTTP(S) traffic in real time.




Timesketch is an open-source tool for collaborative forensic timeline analysis. Using sketches you and your collaborators can easily organize your timelines and analyze them all at the same time. Add meaning to your raw data with rich annotations, comments, tags and stars.




Timesketch is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Charles.