Fiddler Alternatives

Fiddler is described as 'Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP(S) traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data' and is a very popular http(s) debugger in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Fiddler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Fiddler alternative is mitmproxy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fiddler are HTTP Toolkit, Charles, Burp Suite and Proxyman.

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Fiddler alternatives are mainly HTTP(S) Debuggers, but if you're looking for Web Debuggers or HTTP Clients you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Open Source, Linux, Mac + Open Source, Windows, iPhone and Google Chrome. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Fiddler.
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  1. Network Spy icon
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    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Stoplight icon
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  3. HTTP Analyzer is such a handy tool that allows you to monitor, trace, debug and analyze HTTP/HTTPS traffic in real-time. It is used by industry-leading companies including Microsoft, Cisco, AOL and Google.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. Apidog icon
     5 likes

    Design and debug APIs in a powerful visual editor. Describe and debug easily with JSON Schema support. Apidog is a complete set of tools that connects the entire API lifecycle, helping R&D teams implement best practices for API Design-first development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. 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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  7. Proxie icon
     2 likes

    A HTTP Debugging Proxy for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Kusho icon
     3 likes

    Never test your APIs manually again.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. SmartSniff icon
     13 likes

    SmartSniff is a packet sniffer that capture TCP/IP packets and display them as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP) or as hex dump (for non-text base...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. HttpFox icon
     10 likes

    HttpFox monitors and analyzes all incoming and outgoing HTTP traffic between the browser and the web servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
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  11. Rockxy icon
     2 likes

    Open-source native macOS HTTP debugging proxy — intercept HTTPS, inspect APIs, mock responses, debug WebSocket & GraphQL. Community-driven. For developers, by developers.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  12. HTTPScoop icon
     3 likes

    HTTP Scoop is a Mac network sniffer that displays requests to websites along with the response, and makes it fairly easy to see what's going on.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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