{"slug": "proxyman", "name": "Proxyman", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 8, "commenters": 12, "warners": 0, "score": 7.308, "rising": -2.62, "first": "2025-12-19", "latest": "2026-04-16", "why": "A few years ago I switched to https://proxyman.com and found it easier to use.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 8, "neutral": 1, "compare": 3, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "A few years ago I switched to https://proxyman.com and found it easier to use.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "proxyman.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://proxyman.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Proxyman"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 741415840, "item_id": 46338490, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338490", "by": "snyp", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "A much better alternative for MacOS folks", "excerpt": "A much better alternative for MacOS folks https://proxyman.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741356224, "item_id": 46334764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334764", "by": "OptionalDonuts", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "switched to Proxyman and found it much better than Charles", "excerpt": "When I was still working with iOS, all of us on the team switched to Proxyman and found it much better than Charles. Developer experience wise that is (features, ui/ux, etc.) We ran into some issues with Charles and found Proxyman as the alternative. Don't remember the issues but we never looked back.", "context": "former iOS developer on a team", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Charles Proxy", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741350833, "item_id": 46334427, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334427", "by": "itsn0tm3", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Proxyman makes this way nicer to work with and since switching I never faced certificate issues again.", "excerpt": "It makes working with Xcode simulators even easier by having a dedicated UI workflow to install the proxy certificates and restart the sim. I used to face issues from time to time doing this with Charles having to restart my machine at times and not getting the certificates to work. Proxyman makes this way nicer to work with and since switching I never faced certificate issues again. Not trying to do an ad, but reall", "context": "", "use_case": "proxy for Xcode simulators", "switched_from": "Charles Proxy", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741349360, "item_id": 46334335, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334335", "by": "dsincl12", "date": "2025-12-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://proxyman.com/", "excerpt": "https://proxyman.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Mac HTTP debugging proxy", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741349168, "item_id": 46334323, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334323", "by": "jshier", "date": "2025-12-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's a far better macOS app than Charles", "excerpt": "Yes, Proxyman has great sim integration, including the ability to filter by apps within the sim. It's a far better macOS app than Charles, and I've never found it to be lacking a feature I used in Charles.", "context": "", "use_case": "HTTP debugging on simulators", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "OptionalDonuts", "context": "former iOS developer on a team", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334764", "date": "2025-12-20"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["http debugging proxy", "http debugging on macos", "proxy for xcode simulators", "mac http debugging proxy", "http debugging on simulators", "http proxy debugging"], "compared": [{"slug": "charles-proxy", "name": "Charles Proxy", "co": 7, "switched_from": 3, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333983", "title": "Charles Proxy", "mentions": 10}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794514", "title": "Launch HN: Kampala (YC W26) \u2013 Reverse-Engineer Apps into APIs", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46944091", "title": "FRTMProxy, free, open source alternative to Proxyman and Charles", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 8, "compare": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"compare": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"compare": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 764765744, "item_id": 47797859, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47797859", "by": "alexblackwell_", "date": "2026-04-16", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "closer to a MITM proxy like Proxyman than Wireshark", "excerpt": "Yep essentially. I would argue that we're probably closer to a MITM proxy like Proxyman than Wireshark. We don't do general packet sniffing (yet), although internally we use our own packet sniffing tools for reverse engineering on-prem installations.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Kampala (YC W26) \u2013 Reverse-Engineer Apps into APIs"}, {"id": 751105473, "item_id": 46944092, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46944092", "by": "fratm", "date": "2026-02-09", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "As Proxyman is really a good product, it seems they are going too much for the profit instead of what the users really needs", "excerpt": "FRTMProxy is a native macOS GUI built around mitmproxy to provide a modern, open-source alternative to Proxyman and Charles. As Proxyman is really a good product, it seems they are going too much for the profit instead of what the users really needs", "context": "", "use_case": "HTTP debugging proxy", "switched_from": "", "story": "FRTMProxy, free, open source alternative to Proxyman and Charles"}, {"id": 741416081, "item_id": 46338505, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338505", "by": "ollysb", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I used Charles for many years but proxyman's performance is a real step up.", "context": "", "use_case": "HTTP debugging on macOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741415840, "item_id": 46338490, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338490", "by": "snyp", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "A much better alternative for MacOS folks", "excerpt": "A much better alternative for MacOS folks https://proxyman.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741360833, "item_id": 46335052, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46335052", "by": "mavamaarten", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "definitely powerful and more modern, it honestly didn't feel", "excerpt": "If the devs behind Charles would just tweak their UI a bit, it would be the absolute perfect tool. Functionally it pretty much already is. Mainly being able to turn on and off and configuring features I use all the time (rewrite, map local, map remote) is always a journey through menu's that don't always make sense. The only functional thing I'm missing is some DNS stuff (e.g. throttling or breaking DNS specifically)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741356224, "item_id": 46334764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334764", "by": "OptionalDonuts", "date": "2025-12-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "switched to Proxyman and found it much better than Charles", "excerpt": "When I was still working with iOS, all of us on the team switched to Proxyman and found it much better than Charles. Developer experience wise that is (features, ui/ux, etc.) We ran into some issues with Charles and found Proxyman as the alternative. 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It\u2019s a slick tool and even works for remote debugging (i.e., an iPhone attached to your computer with a cable).", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Proxy"}, {"id": 741346656, "item_id": 46334166, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334166", "by": "hboon", "date": "2025-12-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "A few years ago I switched to https://proxyman.com and found it easier to use.", "excerpt": "I don't have elaborate needs and have used Charles for many years. 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