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  1. Proxyman

    The best-in-class HTTP Debugger for macOS. Capture HTTP/HTTPS from macOS, iOS, Android with a few clicks ✅

    I don't have elaborate needs and have used Charles for many years. A few years ago I switched to https://proxyman.com and found it easier to use.

  2. SaaSHub

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  3. inspect-http-proxy

    Discontinued Simple HTTP proxy that prints out the request/response that go through it for debugging [GET https://api.github.com/repos/signeen/inspect-http-proxy: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

  4. ZAP

    The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

  5. caido

    🚀 Caido releases, wiki and roadmap

    I am a Burp guy, but lately Caido[1] has been trending, pretty lightweight and can be ran in headless mode. It's still very security-oriented (as Burp Suite is), but might be worth your time, notably as you can run it on a VPS/container to proxy all your traffic through it (which is by-design, contrary to my beloved burp/zap)

    [1] https://caido.io/

  6. httptoolkit

    HTTP Toolkit is a beautiful & open-source tool for debugging, testing and building with HTTP(S) on Windows, Linux & Mac :tada: Open an issue here to give feedback or ask for help.

    For my rather simple needs I've been using https://httptoolkit.com free edition, I like that it launches a independent Firefox window on its own for the intercepting so I don't have to touch my working browser or deal with configuring a proxy anywhere

  7. reqable-app

    Reqable issue track repo

    I'm also using Reqable, for those interested check it out: https://reqable.com

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