# kasketis/netfox

A lightweight, one line setup, iOS / OSX network debugging library! 🦊

Repository: https://github.com/kasketis/netfox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netfox
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: networking, debugging, urlsession, urlrequest, urlprotocol, request, response, swift, xcode, certificate-pinning, cocoapods, carthage, alamofire, afnetworking, http, network-debug, http-monitor, network-monitoring, charles, ios
Last push: 2024-03-21T14:08:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3940, "days_push": 895, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3757, forks 404 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.834006+00:00)

## What it is
Netfox is a lightweight Swift library for iOS and macOS that logs and displays all HTTP network requests made by an app, including those from third-party libraries, with a one-line setup. It provides an in-app viewer to inspect requests and responses for debugging network issues.

## Use cases
- debug http requests in an ios app
- inspect urlsession traffic inside my app
- view network responses without charles proxy
- monitor requests from alamofire or afnetworking
- debug api calls on device during development
- capture webview network traffic in ios

## When to choose
- you want zero-config, in-app network request inspection on ios or macos
- you need to see traffic from third-party libraries and webviews without an external proxy
- you want a lightweight debugging tool bundled only in debug builds

## When to avoid
- you need a full desktop proxy with request rewriting, mocking, or TLS interception
- you need network debugging on platforms other than ios/macos
- you need production-grade network monitoring or analytics

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, monitoring, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, networking
- platform: -
- tags: network-debugging, urlprotocol, http-monitor, request-inspector, cocoapods, carthage, swift-package-manager, in-app-debug-tool, debugging, ios, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- kasketis/netfox (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.834006+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:28:55.928185+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kasketis/netfox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.834006+00:00, sha 65f6dea142ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.