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mitmproxy/videos — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-08-08 · repo last pushed 2025-01-20

1Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5StaleSetup · easy

TL;DR

A storage repository for video tutorials that are embedded in the official mitmproxy documentation website, helping users learn the tool by watching it in action.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Stores video files
      Supports mitmproxy docs
    Tech stack
      Video files
      Git LFS
    Use cases
      Learning mitmproxy
      Visual documentation
    Audience
      QA engineers
      Developers
      Security researchers

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Watch video tutorials to learn how to inspect and modify web traffic with mitmproxy.

REASON 2

See mitmproxy in action rather than just reading the written documentation.

REASON 3

Understand how to debug mobile app connections and inspect API calls visually.

What's in the stack?

Git

How it stacks up

mitmproxy/videos0xallam/posthog0xallam/search-engine
Stars111
LanguagePythonC++
Last pushed2025-01-202026-03-262023-08-23
MaintenanceStaleMaintainedDormant
Setup difficultyeasymoderatehard
Complexity1/53/53/5
Audiencegeneralpm founderdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

No setup needed, these are static video files referenced by the mitmproxy documentation site.

No license information is provided in this repository.

Wtf does this do

This repository is a media storage space for video tutorials that accompany the mitmproxy documentation website. Mitmproxy is a tool that lets you inspect, modify, and replay web traffic as it moves between your device and the internet. The videos housed here are embedded in the project's official documentation pages to help users see the tool in action rather than just reading about it. The repository itself is straightforward. It serves as a holding area for video files, likely referenced by the documentation site whenever a visitor hits play on a tutorial. By keeping the videos separate from the main documentation text, the project maintainers can manage large media files without cluttering the primary codebase or slowing down text-based updates. The audience for these videos is anyone learning to use mitmproxy. That might be a QA engineer trying to debug why a mobile app is failing to connect, a developer inspecting the API calls a third-party service is making, or a security researcher looking at how data flows through an application. For people who learn better by watching than reading, these videos bridge the gap between the written instructions and actually using the tool. The README does not go into detail about which specific videos are included, how they were produced, or whether contributions are accepted. Given that the repository has minimal activity, it appears to be a behind-the-scenes utility rather than a project meant for community involvement. If you need to understand the tool itself, the main mitmproxy documentation and its primary repository are where you would spend your time.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how mitmproxy lets me inspect and modify web traffic between my device and the internet, and point me to the official video tutorials in the documentation.
Prompt 2
Help me use mitmproxy to debug why a mobile app is failing to connect by inspecting its network traffic.
Prompt 3
Show me how to use mitmproxy to inspect and replay the API calls a third-party service is making from my application.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is videos?

A storage repository for video tutorials that are embedded in the official mitmproxy documentation website, helping users learn the tool by watching it in action.

Is videos actively maintained?

Stale — no commits in 1-2 years (last push 2025-01-20).

What license does videos use?

No license information is provided in this repository.

How hard is videos to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is videos for?

Mainly general.

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