#7694·mitmproxy

[RFC] Improved Web UI Flow View

Author: mhilsCreated May 6, 2025Updated Sep 4, 2026
Labelskind/featurehelp wantedarea/webRFC

I've been thinking how we can improve the mitmweb flow view UX. In particular, I'd like to address the following points:

  1. Ability to view request + response at the same time. This is very useful for replay. This likely means we need add a vertical layout (as opposed to the current horizontal one). We can likely make this configurable without too much effort.
  2. Make interactive contentviews available in mitmweb.
  3. A bag of quality-of-life improvements, such as colored URL parts.

Here's a quick mockup with some of the ideas:

I'm not a UX designer, so critical feedback and additional suggestions are highly welcome! If you have suggestions for improving mitmweb, please comment below.

Potential Improvements

Small and self-contained (great for new contributors)

Major refactors

  • New Layout with extra pane for response. Split existing request/response panes into headers and body?
  • Upgrade to the latest CodeMirror (#7709)
  • Integrate interactive contentviews.