fwiw I've come to similar conclusions, though I think Discourse has higher potential. For example, if you have the money, there are a couple of options to conve

fwiw I've come to similar conclusions, though I think Discourse has higher potential. For example, if you have the money, there are a couple of options to convert your instance into a native app. I'm doing some tests on a DigitalOcean instance and it doesn't seem that resource hungry so far. The Flarum community seems much more friendly, DIY and open. Having to use PHP in 2023 is a little depressing, but it would presumably integrate more easily into other PHP projects like Wordpress. I was hoping to use NodeBB for the pure js stack but it's missing some important features and the front end is greybearded out of using a modern framework because of "speed"[1]. You can use Postgres instead of Mongo, by the way: > NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database [1]: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/14371/nodebb-reactjs/3?_=1675708346960&lang=en-US https://community.nodebb.org/topic/14371/nodebb-reactjs/3?_=...