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+Introduction
+============
+
+**mitmproxy** is an interactive, SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP
+with a console interface.
+
+**mitmdump** is the command-line version of mitmproxy. Think tcpdump for HTTP.
+
+**libmproxy** is the library that mitmproxy and mitmdump are built on.
+
+Documentation, tutorials and distribution packages can be found on the
+mitmproxy website: `mitmproxy.org <https://mitmproxy.org/>`_
+
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+.. rubric:: Features
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+
+- Intercept HTTP requests and responses and modify them on the fly.
+- Save complete HTTP conversations for later replay and analysis.
+- Replay the client-side of an HTTP conversations.
+- Replay HTTP responses of a previously recorded server.
+- Reverse proxy mode to forward traffic to a specified server.
+- Transparent proxy mode on OSX and Linux.
+- Make scripted changes to HTTP traffic using Python.
+- SSL certificates for interception are generated on the fly.
+- And much, much more.
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