Charles Proxy
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6recommend
4warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Jan 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Charles a model like Sublime Text: you buy it and get to keep the version forever”
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Caveats and dissent
“I used Charles for many years but proxyman's performance is a real step up.”
switched from Charles Proxyon “Charles Proxy”
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“I used to face issues from time to time doing this with Charles”
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“Agreed this is something we need to do, but not easy to do properly.”
Threads where it came up
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“after identification by Charles Proxy”
“Fiddler is superior to Charles and always has been.”
“I used Charles for many years but proxyman's performance is a real step up.”
“Charles a model like Sublime Text: you buy it and get to keep the version forever”
“I went back to Requestly, which I really found to be more straightforward or simpler to use”
I’ve found tools like Charles really useful for understanding what’s happening on the wire. When I need something more repeatable (tests, offline work), I usually reach for a mock server instead. I ended up building a small one for my own use and later open-sourced it: https://dhuan.github.io/mock/latest/examples.html
“it would be the absolute perfect tool”
“We ran into some issues with Charles”
“switched to Charles Proxy”
“I built a bad clone of Charles Proxy over the summer”
“I used to face issues from time to time doing this with Charles”
“I loved Charles, I used it for many years.”
“It's a far better macOS app than Charles”
Pretty nice. Does it work for Xcode simulators? I use Charles extensively (I am using it for the development I’m doing right now), and it needs to work on simulators. Cost isn’t an issue for me. Fitness to purpose is important. I won’t cripple my development capacity, in order to save $50.
“Didn't know about that.”
“I used Charles for a while and also jumped on the Proxyman bandwagon.”
“I don't have elaborate needs and have used Charles for many years.”
“Worth the money.”
Speaking of sustained scraping for AI services, I found a strange file on your site: https://book.sv/robots.txt. Would you be able to explain the intent behind it?