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Prompt 3
Prompt 3 is our #1 fully-native terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and now, Apple Vision Pro! Yes, with one purchase, you get four platforms.
Supporting SSH, Mosh, Eternal Terminal, Telnet, and Local Shells (on Mac), you can stay connected even on the most unstable networks. And with Panic Sync, your servers sync everywhere. For terminals, this is the only app you need.
NOW EVEN BETTER:
• SSH, Telnet, and Local (for Mac)
Rock-solid and reliable connectivity to your hosts.
• Mosh and Eternal Terminal
Keep your terminal open even when you get disconnected. Mosh is optimized for high-latency, low-throughput networks. Eternal Terminal is great for when you need to keep your full terminal history on a flaky connection.
• Lower Price
Everything is so expensive right now. So we made Prompt cheaper. Take that, capitalism.
• Superfast Emulation
We retooled the text engine in Prompt 3 to be up to 10x faster, including GPU acceleration, and with improved terminal emulation, you can run nvim inside tmux without breaking a sweat.
• Clips
Put your most-used commands and text bits into clips and access them with a single tap via Prompt’s keyboard bar. Clips can be stored globally or per-server.
• Secure Enclave
Authenticate with FaceID and TouchID. The keys will stay secure on your device.
• Panic Sync
Sync your favorite servers, passwords, private keys, and clips, between Prompt on all of your devices.
• Customizable
Make Prompt perfect with new themes, fonts, and a very configurable iOS keyboard.
• Jump Hosts and Agent Forwarding
Access corporate servers, even at the beach.
• Mouse Support
Use your mouse to interact with TUI-based apps that run through the terminal.
AND YES, A DARK ICON. What more can we say?
TAKE CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING YOUR MAC AND APPLE VISION PRO.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY PROMPT 3.
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Developer & User Discourse
bhamrick • Sep 23, 2026
★ 3
The interface is simple which is good, and it has a key management solution which is great as well. But it doesn’t pass touch gestures though as mouse input meaning you can’t do things like scroll up in a tmux session. I’m also really disappointed they didn’t implement OSC 52 for clipboard integration.
Sarassine • Sep 20, 2026
I like pretty much everything about it, but would appreciate a full Liquid Glass UI refresh.
Otherwise, happy to have purchased it. Love the company and the history they have with Apple.
Otherwise, happy to have purchased it. Love the company and the history they have with Apple.
Samplsamilion • Aug 12, 2026
Overnights, the developers website went down and the app is unusable as long as their website is down. Can’t even submit a support ticket because it’s handled through their website. This app should be standalone and zero reason why it’s dependent on their host website.
As long as the website is down, this app is dead and a waste of a subscription. I’ll be opening a dispute with Apple to get this months money back.
As long as the website is down, this app is dead and a waste of a subscription. I’ll be opening a dispute with Apple to get this months money back.
sleight42 • Aug 11, 2026
Outages. They happen. Just... Prompt and Panic as a company have been so good for so long that I'm just.... confused!
ZZ1949 • Jul 31, 2026
They tell you you are buying both iOS and Mac. No try to install the Mac app and you pay again. Or worse “subscribe”.
Dangbattt • Jul 30, 2026
Prompt 3 used to look good and function well but overtime the team developing it has stopped putting in effort. Instead of embracing iPadOS UI elements, they have been avoiding them which is causing major usability issues. UI elements collide with traffic light window controls, something almost all other apps avoid. Top bar looks terrible as a “fix” but the fix is unreliable. I pay for this…
Developer charges a subscription for an app that doesn’t see major updates ever.
Developer charges a subscription for an app that doesn’t see major updates ever.
RawMX • Jul 10, 2026
Updates remove your items if you don’t pay for premium.
antititus • Jun 4, 2026
Downloaded, connected to a host. Ctrl key appeared pressed, even though it wasn’t. Tapping didn’t do anything. Eventually managed to disconnect. Left app, came back, now it crashes immediately every launch. Panic’s software is usually great, but this app needs more time in the lab.
tagliasteel • May 24, 2026
I used to use and love Prompt years ago, but for me, the only real differentiator in version 3 is the Vision Pro spatial environment (which is genuinely very cool).
Beyond that, I’ve run into several issues: I’m unable to connect to many servers that work perfectly with other SSH apps I use regularly, there’s no full Nerd Font installed by default, and in some cases tmux refuses to start, reporting that “the shell is not a terminal.” I had none of these problems with other terminal emulators. I was planning to contact the support, but honestly issues like these should not have been shipped in the first place, in a commercial product.
My daily driver is ShellFish, but even rootshell, which is 100% free, has none of the issues listed above.
Finally, I have read the support article explaining why Panic developed their own sync service, but I don’t feel like trusting it with the private keys for critical servers, especially since they could have just used iCloud Keychain.
Beyond that, I’ve run into several issues: I’m unable to connect to many servers that work perfectly with other SSH apps I use regularly, there’s no full Nerd Font installed by default, and in some cases tmux refuses to start, reporting that “the shell is not a terminal.” I had none of these problems with other terminal emulators. I was planning to contact the support, but honestly issues like these should not have been shipped in the first place, in a commercial product.
My daily driver is ShellFish, but even rootshell, which is 100% free, has none of the issues listed above.
Finally, I have read the support article explaining why Panic developed their own sync service, but I don’t feel like trusting it with the private keys for critical servers, especially since they could have just used iCloud Keychain.
hakanai.yume • May 17, 2026
I’ve used this app multiple days a week for a few months now, and have even tried to work with Panic Support to fix some issues, but being still present I’m starting to shop for other options as it’s not great for pro workflows. I use an iPad Pro 11 and tmux inside the shell, usually on macOS or Fedora Linux machines. About 15% of the bottom of my screen is unusable vertical width when using the magic keyboard, as the app is leaving vertical height for a hidden toolbar. Whenever you swipe away from the app and come back to it, it reopens the sidebar, reflowing all the content in the terminal window and breaking TUIs. In more recent versions, I’m getting actual crashes when using Claude Code and having multiple SSH connections open to different servers. At first it was annoying, but some months later it’s become a dealbreaker. I wanted to love you, Prompt. But I don’t think this is going to work out.
Jeffscottward • May 10, 2026
Apparently there was some kind of fix that was done somewhat recently and that has broken the experience completely I can’t scroll and use this app at all I need to refund if this is not fixed within a few days
Tim McPeabody • May 5, 2026
I tried it for the great SSH app, but bought it because of the fantastic immersive environment. The attention to detail is awesome! I hope they continue to work on it, either letting you move your vantage point, adding in variations, or even new environments altogether. I’ve been using the immersive environment to work for hours with Mac Virtual Display, it’s perfect for tuning out distractions and getting things done!
Tricelit • Apr 27, 2026
This is a dealbreaker for me.
Dr-Greg • Apr 4, 2026
I got this so that I could run Claude Code on my iPad Pro by SSHing into my Mac Studio from the couch and its working great. But that’s not even the best part. I’m really LOVING the attention to detail Panic put in when creating the immersive environment for Vision Pro! Wow! What a cool environment guys! This is incredible! The experience alone was worth the $50. And now I can run Claude Code on my Vision Pro with a bluetooth keyboard which is so cool! Now if you guys would put some effort into bringing Nova up to speed for Claude Code, I’d 100% switch over to only using Panic software.
Ciara's biggest fan • Mar 29, 2026
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大力宣传教育活动 • Mar 27, 2026
An old user who was bettaken sent a congratulatory message!
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scottjl • Mar 24, 2026
i used to love panic. i still use transmit. but they’ve lost their polish over the years. sorry, but $10/yr or $50/life for a terminal program that has less capabilities and features than a popular open-source terminal? i spend 10 hours a day working in a terminal, give me a reason to want to use this over the alternatives.
i’ll give it some stars for working, having server management, playing nice with ssh, and letting me set my own themes, but even terminal.app has more customization and features (split window) and that came FREE with the OS!
i’ll give it some stars for working, having server management, playing nice with ssh, and letting me set my own themes, but even terminal.app has more customization and features (split window) and that came FREE with the OS!
MeganMouse • Mar 23, 2026
I’ve been using Panic apps since 2005, and they continue to deliver some great tools on macOS.
Prompt is fast and straight-forward (clips are by far my favorite feature); exactly what you want in a terminal app. When paired with Transmit 5, it becomes an incredibly effective workflow for remote work. Between the two, you get a seamless combination of SSH access and file management that covers the majority of needs without unnecessary complexity and at a very good price point IMO. Rarely have I ever needed to reach out to support, but recently I did have an issue which was sent up and addressed within a couple of days. Very ‘prompt’ and responsive turn-around from their support in Portland, OR.
Prompt is fast and straight-forward (clips are by far my favorite feature); exactly what you want in a terminal app. When paired with Transmit 5, it becomes an incredibly effective workflow for remote work. Between the two, you get a seamless combination of SSH access and file management that covers the majority of needs without unnecessary complexity and at a very good price point IMO. Rarely have I ever needed to reach out to support, but recently I did have an issue which was sent up and addressed within a couple of days. Very ‘prompt’ and responsive turn-around from their support in Portland, OR.
lucasajackson • Mar 15, 2026
It’s a fine app until you need to switch to something else then back again. It doesn’t always hold the ssh connection, and there’s no rhyme or reason. It’s really annoying if you’re working with Claude Code.
laughingpenguins • Mar 12, 2026
Prompt was already amazing, and now it’s even better. It’s so refreshing to see a developer who isn’t actively adversarial towards their customers as so many are now. Thank you!
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