mitmproxy
by mitmproxy
Mitmproxy is a command-line and web-based HTTP proxy tool that can intercept and modify HTTP/1, HTTP/2, and WebSocket traffic for debugging and security testing purposes.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 46.4k
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 6096 days
What you can do with it
- Intercept and modify HTTP traffic
- Debug web applications
- Test SSL/TLS encryption
Could replace
- Fiddler
- Charles Proxy
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Debugging web application issues
- Testing secure connections
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Installation instructions are available on the mitmproxy website.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Who's talking about it
- mitmproxy adds --emudhra option Hacker News, 625 points
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
