# Transmit by Panic

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/transmit/

9 people recommended Transmit by Panic in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Mac app for connecting to FTP and SFTP servers, praised for its polished interface and simple server connections.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Polished, pleasant interface (2 comments in the sample): "Transmit is a lovely application" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851831)) "was impressed with the UX there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47917351))
- Preferred Mac tool, nothing compares (2 comments in the sample): "There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238315)) "is definitely my goto on macOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921819))
- Simple, convenient server connections (2 comments in the sample): "Panic, for example, gets this right.  In Transmit, pressing Return connects to a server." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778515)) "Both of them started as FTP wrappers, and both provided convenience the cli lacked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258710))

## Other file transfer apps people recommend

- [LocalSend](https://hackerapproved.com/p/localsend/): 65 recommend, 14 mixed, 23 criticize
- [Magic Wormhole](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magic-wormhole/): 17 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize
- [Kermit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/c-kermit/): 13 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize
- [croc](https://hackerapproved.com/p/croc/): 12 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://panic.com/transmit/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Transmit by Panic", https://hackerapproved.com/p/transmit/ (9 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.