Harmony Forum

Harmony Forum is an upcoming distribution.

Harmony core is the first part and here's the initial feature set:

Ground up written with Entity
Fieldable entity for Threads (harmony_thread)
Fieldable entity for Posts (harmony_post)
Taxonomy used for sub-forums
Revisions for Post entity, integration with Diff module.
Read history for Threads
Full integration with Views, including handlers for CRUD fields, read history
Pathauto integration for thread entities.
Views provides all listings including on a thread page
Actions defined for use with Views Bulk Operations for both Thread and Posts
- Mass publish/unpublish
- Mass lock/unlock
- Mass Pin/Unpin
- Merge thread posts (thread only)
- Re-assign post(s) to a different thread (post only)
Comprehensive list of base permissions
Advanced thread/post access callback hooks for custom rules
Integration with Context module (condition for when on a thread page)
Flag action for "Like" of posts
Custom responsive table View style plugin
Default argument handlers for Views to allow Get thread/post id from URL.
Custom Entity Reference selection handler.
"Show replies" AJAX loads in a view showing direct replies using Core AJAX.
Integration with At.js Drupal module and library to provide inline @ autocomplete for usernames
Integration with Entity Quote module which transforms formatted quotes into themed quotes
Provides an Input format for safety out of the box, including Markdown, URLs into links, At.js, Entity Quote and WYSIWYG Filter
Ability to lock, unpublish and hide threads
Internal count system, Thread & Post counts on Category, Thread and User.
Devel & Devel Generate integration
Temporary kill switch to prevent new threads and posts being created.