Charles Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Charles for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is mitmproxy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Charles and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Charles are HTTP Toolkit, Burp Suite, Proxyman and Requestly.

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  1. mitmproxy icon
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    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...

    38 mitmproxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. HTTP Toolkit icon
     113 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.

    62 HTTP Toolkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
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  3. Burp Suite icon
     49 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...

    50 Burp Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. Proxyman icon
     17 likes

    Monitor, intercept and debug HTTP/HTTPS and WebSocket traffic on macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux. Includes advanced features such as Breakpoint, Map Local/Remote, scripting, filtering, reverse proxy, DNS spoofing, and automation for backend development.

    71 Proxyman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. Requestly icon
     34 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.

    55 Requestly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Selenium
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
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  6. The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.

    53 Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
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  7. 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

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Network Spy icon
     3 likes

    Network Spy is a cross-platform network proxy and traffic analyzer built with Tauri, Rust, and React. It helps developers intercept, inspect, decrypt, and debug HTTP(S) traffic through a fast and modern desktop interface.

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    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. Packet Capture Pro is a professional network analyzer, packet sniffer, HTTP debugging proxy, and API testing tool for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Built for developers, QA engineers, API testers, and network professionals, it helps you capture, inspect, intercept, rewrite...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  10. VioLens icon
     3 likes

    An MIT-licensed web debugging proxy for Windows and Apple silicon Macs that decrypts HTTPS traffic, decodes compressed bodies, and captures app requests. Inspect and edit sessions, view timing waterfalls, mock responses, replay traffic, and open SAZ or HAR files.

    20 VioLens alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  11. Proxygen icon
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    Proxygen is the best HTTP proxy tool for testing apps and debugging remote API endpoints right on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. And it’s built to delight you while doing it.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Surge for Mac icon
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    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.

    22 Surge for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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