Requests grouped by page
Every page you visit gets its own heading, so a log in, search and checkout flow stays readable from start to finish.
Page grouping
Network debugger for Chrome & Edge
A clearer, easier‑to‑use network panel.
HttpWatch shows Chrome and Edge traffic in a clean display that's easier to read than the DevTools Network panel. Requests are grouped by page. Headers, cookies and timings are one click away, with the time chart still in view. Hover over any header and a tip explains what it does.
Press Ctrl+Shift+H on any page to start.
Why HttpWatch is easier to work with
Headers, cookies, content and timings for every request, laid out so you can find the answer quickly and understand it once you have.
Details without losing your place
Click a request and its headers, cookies and timings open below the grid, while the request list and time chart stay in view.
Split viewHeaders explained as you hover
You don't need to know the HTTP RFC. Hover over a header and a tip explains what it does and how it's used.
Info tipsProblems flagged for you
Warnings appear right in the log for requests that could be faster, weak HTTPS setups, blocked cookies (with the reason) and wrong content types.
WarningsTimings you can read at a glance
Millisecond timings for DNS, connect, TLS and wait, with Render Start and Page Load on the same chart, plus summaries for a page, a selection or the whole log.
PerformanceLogs that are safe to share
Saved HWL logs include the browser console output, and suspected password fields are masked by default.
Log filesGet a usable log from anyone
Asking a customer or tester to "open DevTools and export a HAR" rarely goes well. With HttpWatch, it takes three steps.
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They install the free Basic Edition
It installs into their own Windows account, so they don't need admin rights, IT, proxies or certificates.
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They reproduce the problem and click Save
The .hwl file has every request, timing and console message, with passwords masked.
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You open it in HttpWatch Studio
Professional shows the full detail for every site in the log, without needing a browser.
Basic Edition records everything but only displays full detail for popular sites such as google.com and amazon.com. Compare editions
How it compares
HttpWatch
vs
Chrome DevTools
The same network data, with less digging
DevTools Network panel
HttpWatch
One flat list, or cleared on every navigationRequests grouped under each page
Opening a request hides the waterfallDetails and time chart stay visible together
Performance insights need a separate toolWarnings show up in the request log
HAR export onlyHWL, HAR, CSV or XML
HttpWatch
vs
Fiddler
Browser capture, without a proxy in the way
Fiddler
HttpWatch
Reroutes traffic through a proxyRuns inside Chrome and Edge, no config changes
Needs its own trusted root certificate for HTTPSHTTPS shows up with nothing extra to install
Only requests that hit the networkCache hits, console output and page timings too
Submitted passwords saved in logsPassword fields masked by default
Need to capture traffic from apps other than a browser, or work on macOS or Linux? Fiddler covers that. HttpWatch is built for Chrome and Edge on Windows.
Used by teams at
HttpWatch is awesome! We use it in QA while testing web applications. It allows us to quickly identify issues on the fly.
Brent Strange, QA Engineer
HttpWatch is clearly the best I've used and has quickly become the tool of choice for my team.
Scott Stabbert, Microsoft
Thank you very much for HttpWatch! It is the best tool available to learn and understand HTTP and to see what the browser is doing.
Brian McKellar, SAP