Transmit by Panic
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 10 of 17 file transfer apps by recommenders
Mac app for connecting to FTP and SFTP servers, praised for its polished interface and simple server connections.
Mac app for connecting to FTP and SFTP servers, praised for its polished interface and simple server connections.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished, pleasant interface
“Transmit is a lovely application”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “What even is an OS now?” “was impressed with the UX there”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Notepad++ for Mac” Preferred Mac tool, nothing compares
“There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc.”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM” “is definitely my goto on macOS”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Notepad++ for Mac” Simple, convenient server connections
“Panic, for example, gets this right. In Transmit, pressing Return connects to a server.”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side” “Both of them started as FTP wrappers, and both provided convenience the cli lacked.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Hyperspace”
Other file transfer apps people recommend
The four most recommended other file transfer apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LocalSend | 81 | 25 | 76% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Magic Wormhole | 21 | 6 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Kermit | 15 | 4 | 79% | 2 | — | — |
| croc | 13 | 3 | 81% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Transmit by PanicThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Transmit is a lovely application”
“Panic, for example, gets this right. In Transmit, pressing Return connects to a server.”
“Both of them started as FTP wrappers, and both provided convenience the cli lacked.”
“There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc.”
“is definitely my goto on macOS”
“was impressed with the UX there”
“Feels like the heyday of OS X, which for me was undoubtedly between 2006-2012. Delicious Library, Toast, Transmit.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.