# Charles Proxy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/charles-proxy/  
**Website:** https://www.charlesproxy.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Charles Proxy is an HTTP proxy and HTTP monitor that enables developers to view all HTTP and SSL/HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet, including requests, responses, and HTTP headers. It supports SSL proxying, bandwidth throttling, AJAX debugging, AMF inspection, breakpoints, content rewriting, and traffic recording for API debugging, testing, and development workflows on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

## Kin Score — 17.2 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 17.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Charles Proxy** — Charles Proxy is a cross-platform desktop HTTP proxy and monitor that sits between client applications and the Internet to capture, inspect, and modify traffic. It supports SSL ...

## Security (1)

- **Charles Proxy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Charles Proxy Plans Pricing**

## Tags

API Debugging, API Testing, HTTP Debugging, HTTP Proxy, SSL Proxying, Traffic Monitoring, Web Development

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/charles-proxy/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.