[bastard_op]

You think the UI is rough, try the cli.

[lillecarl]

There's a learning curve indeed, but it's also essentially just a thin wrapper around nftables (read iptables) so you learn about Linux networking by using them

[bastard_op]

I've been using unix and linux since the 90's and linux full-time on every system of mine, and Tik's still seemed entirely counterintuitive to me. I'd rather just deal with iptables and linux directly without the wonky cli.

[doubled112]

I actually found the Mikrotik CLI easy to learn because it and the GUI are basically 1:1.

For example:

/ip/firewall/filter add

is in the UI under the sidebar IP -> Firewall, then the Filter tab, then click add. The parameters are named the same in both too.

[sonicanatidae]

I prefer the cli for Mikrotik, but that's true for most firewall, routers, etc.

YMMV.