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by Panic
Who uses, recommends or left Transmit, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Sometimes to connect to S3, FTP and SFTP servers, I like to use Transmit.
His /uses page, "My current setup", a walkthrough of his development tools, hardware and software; the page is stamped Last Updated: June 15, 2026 and discloses that it may contain affiliate links.
2026-06-15·randallwilk.dev ↗
After that it's Transmit, TextWrangler, Hex Fiend, OpenOffice, Picasa, and lots of UNIX stuff from MacPorts like FontForge.
His Uses This interview, on the machines and design tools behind his data work.
2009-05-02·usesthis.com ↗
Most of my actual work is done in Xcode (maintaining our software) and Coda or Transmit (maintaining aspects of our web site and intranet).
His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.
2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.