I tried to set up Flarum, but soon realized it's just another Discourse with an extensive plugin system. There was even an attempt at "forum hierarchy plugin"

I tried to set up Flarum, but soon realized it's just another Discourse with an extensive plugin system. There was even an attempt at "forum hierarchy plugin" for that oldschool style but it was soon abandoned. Forem is similar in the lack of hierarchies. Focuses too much on the now.