Fiddler AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Web Debuggers

The best Web Debugger alternative to Fiddler 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 50 alternatives to Fiddler and 12 are Web Debuggers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Web Debugger alternatives to Fiddler are HTTP Debugger, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP), Requestly and HttpMaster.

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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).

    31 Charles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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  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...

    24 mitmproxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  3. HTTP Toolkit icon
     102 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.

    51 HTTP Toolkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
     
  4. The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.

    39 Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
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  5. 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.

    38 Requestly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Selenium
    • Firefox
     
  6. 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.

    17 Surge for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
     
  8. James icon
     5 likes

    James is a HTTP Proxy and Monitor that enables developers to view and intercept requests made from the browser. It is an open-source alternative to the popular developer tool Charles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • React
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Node.JS
     
  9. HTTP Headers icon
     10 likes

    HTTP Headers allows you to quickly see the HTTP header information for the current URL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  10. ReqRes icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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