Ask IH: Writing a better version of Discourse forum engine. Worth it? 🤔

Hi to all indie hackers and entrepreneurs!

I'm developing my project called Confab. It's a better version of the Discourse community forum engine. Here's how it looks with the default theme: http://imgur.com/a/cgCxp

There is a lot of preparation involved so my friend suggested I should ask people about the project before spending too much time to a product nobody wants.

1. The design is highly influenced by https://inbound.org/top - I think it's more suitable for a community and easily readable than a default Discourse theme. Just check out the link above to see how Inbound community looks like and feels like.

2. Support several types of content: Questions, Articles, Links.

3. Super simple and fast navigation with sidebar and categorization with channels and subchannels.

4. Posts with cover images and color labels to visually distinguish content.

5. Standalone version: highly efficient with server-side rendering which is perfect for search engines.
   Written in JS (node.js, React) and Golang for API. Only 2 commands to start without any configuration files because everything is automatic: database migrations, upgrades, etc.
   It only requires minimal VPS like DigitalOceans' $5 node for a start.

6. Hosted solution with custom domains and free data migrations from any forum and community engines. Free for small communities.

7. Potentially: all features of Discourse.

Is it worth to continue developing it? I'd like to hear your thoughts.