Comment by pjerem

I have more mixed feelings about Syncthing than you.

I personally think it’s a power user tool rather than an easy to use tool. The UI can feel intimidating but is actually pretty coherent once you understand how Syncthing works.

I would compare it with Git in terms of ergonomics : a powerful tool with its own jargon that you must understand to be able to use it.

Like git, Syncthing chose to expose its internals to the user rather than hiding it behind something magic. But like git, I don’t feel like there are unnecessary complexity. Once you understand it, it’s easy to make it work because it makes sense.