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Charles vs Surge: What are the differences?

Developers describe Charles as "HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy". Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles is then able to record and display for you all of the data that is sent and received. On the other hand, Surge is detailed as "Static web publishing for Front-End Developers". Surge makes it easy for developers to deploy projects to a production-quality CDN through Grunt, Gulp, npm.

Charles belongs to "API Tools" category of the tech stack, while Surge can be primarily classified under "Static Web Hosting".

According to the StackShare community, Charles has a broader approval, being mentioned in 16 company stacks & 13 developers stacks; compared to Surge, which is listed in 9 company stacks and 13 developer stacks.

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Pros of Charles
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      Free plan
    • 13
      Simple
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      Free custom domain support
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      Deployment via command line
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      Smart about urls
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      Fast
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      Automatic urls based on filenames
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      404 status page based on 404.html
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      Free ssl

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        No free redirects

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      What is Charles?

      Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles is then able to record and display for you all of the data that is sent and received.

      What is Surge?

      Surge makes it easy for developers to deploy projects to a production-quality CDN through Grunt, Gulp, npm.

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      What companies use Surge?
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      What are some alternatives to Charles and Surge?
      Fiddler
      It is a free web debugging proxy for any browser, system or platform. It helps you debug web applications by capturing network traffic between the Internet and test computers. The tool enables you to inspect incoming and outgoing data to monitor and modify requests and responses before the browser receives them.
      Postman
      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
      Stack Overflow
      Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about programming.
      Google Maps
      Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow.
      Elasticsearch
      Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of storing data and searching it in near real time. Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats and Logstash are the Elastic Stack (sometimes called the ELK Stack).
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