Installation
First Download Charles. If you use Firefox download the Firefox add-on as well.
Windows
Run the setup application to install Charles in your Programs menu.
Mac OS X
Unzip the download file by double-clicking it, and then copy the Charles application into your Applications folder.
Linux
Charles has APT and YUM repositories, which are the preferred ways to install Charles if you have Debian-based or Red Hat-based Linux distributions.
Otherwise, unzip the tar.gz archive in an appropriate location. If you have previously installed Charles and you are performing an upgrade; first make sure that Charles isn’t running and then install or copy over the top of the previous installation. Start Charles by running the bin/charles script.
Getting Started
To get started with Charles please see the Getting Started guide.