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mitmproxy

The premium Open Source alternative to Charles Proxy

🎯 Best for:Developers and security pros needing to debug or script HTTP traffic interactions.
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What is mitmproxy?

A suite of tools for intercepting, inspecting, modifying, and replaying web traffic including HTTP/1, HTTP/2, and WebSockets. It provides a command-line interface, a web UI, and a Python API for automated traffic manipulation and security testing.

Tech Stack
PythonTesting & QA

Why mitmproxy?

  • • Powerful Python scripting engine
  • • Supports HTTP/2 and WebSockets
  • • Excellent CLI for remote debugging

Limitations

  • • CLI can be intimidating
  • • Certificate installation required
  • • High memory usage with large captures
3/5/2026
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Team Size10 Users
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