<< I'm honestly relieved to see this here and know it's not just me.

In a way, I have the same feeling. I really wanted it to work, but the install ( in my case via unraid ) broke multiple times after I started doing anything outside the basic functionality.

Eventually, I gave up on it and moved to dedicated apps for each portion I wanted and I have not looked back.

edit: syncthing for file sync wps-office for general doc work photoprism for pic library