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Developers describe API Umbrella as "Open source API management platform used by api.data.gov". API Umbrella is a proxy that sits in front of your APIs It can seamlessly add common functionality like api keys, rate limiting, and analytics to any API.. On the other hand, Charles is detailed 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.

API Umbrella and Charles can be categorized as "API" tools.

API Umbrella is an open source tool with 1.32K GitHub stars and 244 GitHub forks. Here's a link to API Umbrella's open source repository on GitHub.

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What is API Umbrella?

API Umbrella is a proxy that sits in front of your APIs. It can seamlessly add common functionality like api keys, rate limiting, and analytics to any API.

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.

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