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Terminal Tools · Reviewed 24 Oct 2026

Prompt 3

Native SSH terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and visionOS.

· panic.com ↗

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Prompt 3 at a glance
80.8KEstimated total trafficModeled monthly visits1.6KRanking keywordsPublic search sample84/100Technical health15 pages checked0Referring domainsLive backlink summary

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Prompt 3 is a native terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and visionOS, developed by Panic S5. It solves the problem of reliable remote server access by supporting SSH, Eternal Terminal, and Mosh connections for stable sessions even on poor networks S5. Its practical value lies in fast, native performance and secure features like FaceID/TouchID encryption for favorites S5.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Prompt 3 is a terminal emulator for Apple platforms, made by Panic S5.
  • Core purpose: It provides fast, stable remote connections to servers via SSH and other protocols S5.
  • Intended users: Developers and system administrators who need terminal access on Mac, iPhone, iPad, or visionOS S5.
  • Product scope: A single native app, not a platform, with support for multiple connection types S5.
  • Positioning: Panic markets it as the best terminal emulator for Apple devices, including visionOS S5.
  • Claimed distinction: It is 100% native and supports Eternal Terminal and Mosh for mega-stable connections S5.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
DevelopersConnect to remote servers via SSH to manage code and deployments S5.
System administratorsAccess corporate servers securely while maintaining security policies S5.
Mobile professionalsUse the terminal on iPhone or iPad for on-the-go server management S5.
visionOS usersRun terminal sessions in a spatial environment for immersive hacking S5.

Features

09

Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Local connectionsConnect to the local machine's terminal directly within the app S5.
SSH connectionsEstablish secure shell sessions to remote servers S5.
Eternal Terminal supportMaintain stable connections even with poor network conditions S5.
Mosh supportUse Mosh for resilient, roaming-capable remote sessions S5.
Secure favoritesEncrypt saved connections with FaceID/TouchID and the secure enclave S5.
Sync across devicesSync servers, keys, and passwords across Mac and iOS devices via Panic Sync S5.
visionOS supportRun the terminal in a custom spatial environment on visionOS S5.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
SSHProtocolSecure remote shell connections to servers S5.
Eternal TerminalProtocolStable remote connections that survive network changes S5.
MoshProtocolMobile shell with roaming and intermittent connectivity support S5.
Panic SyncSync serviceSyncs servers, keys, and passwords across devices S5.
Secure EnclaveSecurity featureEncrypts favorites with FaceID/TouchID S5.

Pricing

11

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Subscription$9.99 per year, billed annually S1macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS apps S1Not published S1
One-time purchase$49 one-time S1Mac, iOS/iPadOS, and visionOS apps S1No future charges S1

Competition

12

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
apps.apple.com315.3ftp client mac transmit
help.panic.com111ftp client mac transmit
kvadrat.dk112coda 2
imdb.com113coda 2
transmit.en.softonic.com113ftp client mac transmit
boom-studios.com114coda 2
macworld.com114ftp client mac transmit
etoffe.com115coda 2
medium.com115ftp client mac transmit
fpnyc.com116coda 2

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

  • Terminal emulator market: Prompt 3 competes as a 100% native terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and visionOS, supporting Local, SSH, Eternal Terminal, and Mosh connections. W128W129
  • Differentiation: Prompt 3 claims up to 10x faster scrolling/emulation with optional GPU acceleration, and free visionOS support for existing owners. W136W139
  • Game publishing: Panic published Firewatch (2016), Untitled Goose Game (2019), and Thank Goodness You're Here! (2024), competing in the indie game publishing space. W102
  • Hardware: Playdate is a handheld game console, a distinct hardware product in the gaming market. W12W102
13

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.1%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gapReview the sampled queries where apps.apple.com appears.3 first-page appearances across ftp client mac transmit

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • pricing: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

  • Privacy as a differentiator: Panic's explicit "your data is none of our business" stance and detailed privacy disclosures could be leveraged in marketing content targeting privacy-conscious users. W21W22W23
  • Cross-platform promotion: Prompt 3's "one price, one app... four platforms" positioning and free visionOS support are notable selling points. W136W137
  • Game portfolio expansion: The homepage features eight games, suggesting active game publishing that could drive traffic through game-specific domains. W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
  • Japanese market presence: Dedicated Japanese pages, a local subsidiary, and Japanese-language support indicate an established international market opportunity. W69W70W115
  • Mailing list: Panic offers a mailing list signup, providing a direct marketing channel. W17

Trust and proof

15

Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
App Store‎Prompt 3 - Ratings & Reviews - App StoreGrounded web searchI’m giving this 3 stars instead of 1 just out of my long-term loyalty to Panic’s amazing software, and my hope that they’ll fix the issues ... that some of the text has white underlines. Then after a few seconds, the app crashes
App Store‎Prompt 3 App - App StoreGrounded web search2024-05-07 Ζozo To be fair, Panic advertises Prompt 3 as an app for when you need to quickly SSH into a server, run a few commands, and log out. I can’t say it’s unfit for that purpose. And it obviously *looks* great. But if you spend all day on your Mac with a CLI open, you’ll notice just as quickly that Prompt has a lot more style than substance. It’s better than macOS’s built-in Terminal.app in many ways, but it’s literally years behind free products like iTerm2, kitty, or even Visual Studio
Michael Tsai BlogMichael Tsai - Blog - Prompt 3Grounded web search> Termius passes the Mosh test on iOS. Prompt 3 does not. I want to support Panic, but Mosh means maintaining my terminal’s state in the background and without an Internet connection. Prompt 3 does not. ... > Do check out “connection keeper” in Prompt, which uses location services to “““log your connection location history””” and just
panic.comPrompt 3Grounded web searchEternal Terminal and Mosh connections, and is a 100% native app. Try it today! A beloved iOS app since 2011, Prompt 2 had 4,131 reviews and a ★★★★★ App Store rating from happy users. We hope you’ll join them and enjoy the zippy and powerful Prompt 3.

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • Prompt 3 / Hacker News — mayoff on Feb 22, 2024 / next – I used Prompt 2 for a while, but switched to Secure Shellfish because - Shellfish can act as a file provider using SFTP, meaning it shows up in the Files app and in the document UI of other apps. - Shellfish supports port forwarding. As far as I can tell, Prompt 3 still doesn’t support either of those features. Added bonus: Shellfish lifetime unlock is only $30, compared to Prompt 3’s $100. voltaireodactyl on Feb 23, 2024 / parent / next –
  • Now we know why Panic blocked Prompt for iOS on the Mac (even though we were using it) - MPU Talk — I could open a local terminal on my Mac in Prompt 3 (after running that helper App), but it always loads the system’s /bin/zsh instead of the more recent/capable Homebrew version in /usr/local//bin/zsh, which makes it unusable for me. I could not find a way to configure the shell for such
  • Panic Blog » Introducing Prompt 3. Now on most of your devices. — How much? Not much! Just $19.99 per year, cancel anytime. We’ve been very open about the challenges of making money on iOS utility software, and after evaluating the options available to us on the App Store, we feel this is the best way to support ongoing development of Prompt. ... Regarding pricing for Prompt3: I love your apps (especially Transmit, which is the best thing out there), but AUD $150 for a lifetime license?? I appreciate your openness on dev costs and subscriptions, but charging 5
  • ‎Prompt 3 App - App Store — I like the no-nonsense approach of this SSH client, but its features lack behind something like Termius. Gestures to replace arrow up/down input are also much appreciated as that is how Termius solved it. Therefore a bit underwhelming for the
  • ‎App Prompt 3 - App Store — is more feature rich as of now. That said, Mac still lacks a terminal ... SSH command like I normally would in iTerm. The included themes are kind of thin ... it like you are getting the Mac version for free for buying the iPad version
  • ‎App Prompt 3 - App Store — fix” but the fix is unreliable. I pay for this…Developer charges a subscription for an app that doesn’t see major ... I don’t plan to use my iPhone as a terminal a lot, but being able to do small things with it

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipNot published on the collected pages.—
Contact and supportyou contact us for supportsource
Legal and privacyOur privacy policy is simple: your data is none of our business. We make money by selling software and hardware products, not by mining your personal information.source
Security and complianceEncrypt your favorites with FaceID/TouchID and the secure enclave. Use YubiKey devices for easy two-factor safetysource
Uptime and status pageNot published on the collected pages.—
Domain registered1992-07-14—
Domain expires2036-07-13—

Not found on the collected pages: company and ownership, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Not established in the collected sources.

Technical

18

Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Native desktop and mobile app, not cloud-hosted S5.S5
Platforms and appsAvailable for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and visionOS S5.S5
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Not published on the collected pages.—
Data ownership and exportUsers can sync data via Panic Sync and manage or delete their account S19.S19
Performance and reliability claimsClaims to be incredibly fast and support stable connections via Eternal Terminal and Mosh S5.S5
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered1992-07-14 — Network Solutions, LLC
Domain expires2036-07-13
TLS certificateGoogle Trust Services, valid, expires 2027-01-08
Security headersHSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options
Headers not servedCSP, Referrer-Policy
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled bymail-gateway.panic.com
Nameserverslochlan.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s). A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

20

Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 84/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 43
  • Notices: 11

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningPage should have one primary H19https://panic.com/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text2https://panic.com/
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://panic.com/prompt/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/prompt/
noticeImages are missing alt text5https://panic.com/prompt/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/sync/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/sync/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/transmit/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/transmit/
noticeImages are missing alt text6https://panic.com/transmit/
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://panic.com/prompt/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/prompt/
noticeImages are missing alt text5https://panic.com/prompt/
warningPage should have one primary H19https://panic.com/jp/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jp/
noticeImages are missing alt text2https://panic.com/jp/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed47https://panic.com/jobs/
warningPage should have one primary H10https://panic.com/jobs/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jobs/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/privacy/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/privacy/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/sync/tos.html
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/sync/tos.html
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/transmit/upgrade.html
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/transmit/upgrade.html
noticeLow visible word count48https://panic.com/transmit/upgrade.html
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/sync/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/sync/
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
noticeImages are missing alt text5https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/jp/sync/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jp/sync/
noticeLow visible word count84https://panic.com/jp/sync/
warningMissing meta description—https://panic.com/jp/transmit/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jp/transmit/
noticeImages are missing alt text6https://panic.com/jp/transmit/
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
noticeImages are missing alt text5https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://panic.com/prompt/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://panic.com/prompt/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://panic.com/sync/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://panic.com/sync/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://panic.com/jp/sync/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://panic.com/transmit/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://panic.com/jp/transmit/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://panic.com/prompt/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://panic.com/prompt/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://panic.com/jp/prompt/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://panic.com/jp/prompt/

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Panic - We code apps, publish games, and make Playdate.948040 mshttps://panic.com/
200Prompt 3147114 mshttps://panic.com/prompt/
200Panic Sync142243 mshttps://panic.com/sync/
200Transmit 51114148 mshttps://panic.com/transmit/
200Prompt 3147135 mshttps://panic.com/prompt/
200パニック - コーディングアプリ・ゲームパブリッシング・Playdate925020 mshttps://panic.com/jp/
200Panic Jobs054430 mshttps://panic.com/jobs/
200Panic Privacy1345634 mshttps://panic.com/privacy/
200Panic Sync Terms of Service1118016 mshttps://panic.com/sync/tos.html
200Panic - Transmit 5 - Free Upgrade-O-Matic!14814 mshttps://panic.com/transmit/upgrade.html
200Panic Sync142213 mshttps://panic.com/sync/
200Prompt 3118711 mshttps://panic.com/jp/prompt/
200Panic Sync18414 mshttps://panic.com/jp/sync/
200Transmit 5166426 mshttps://panic.com/jp/transmit/
200Prompt 3118710 mshttps://panic.com/jp/prompt/

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

21

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct31.6%
search44.2%
search organic44.2%
search paid0.0%
social5.7%
social organic5.5%
social paid0.3%
referrals15.3%
paid referrals0.4%
mail1.7%
gen ai1.1%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

22

Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed feature documentation, user reviews for Prompt 3 specifically, and information about API or extensibility options.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 3 collected pages from panic.com, including the Prompt product page, the privacy policy, and the homepage. The external proof search discovered the purchase FAQ, which provided authoritative pricing. Coverage is limited to these sources; no third-party reviews or detailed documentation were collected.

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