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by freddie_mercury 1214 days ago
That's exactly what Discourse is. It's been around for almost a decade. Some people hate the UI.

Some examples running it

https://forums.woot.com/

https://forum.newrelic.com/s/

https://community.revolut.com/

https://forums.docker.com/

https://www.discourse.org/
2 comments
julianlam 1214 days ago
> Some people hate the UI.

... and it always surprises me a bit that people just assume Discourse is the only option and stop looking.

Look at Flarum, look at NodeBB. Both are making strides while staying true to the original forum threaded model.

(N.B. I maintain NodeBB)

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Nition 1214 days ago
I think they mean more like, imagine Reddit, but instead of anyone being able to create a new Subreddit on a new topic, it's anyone can create a new Subforum.

Discourse forums still need each owner to set up and pay for hosting.

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