Are there any other DNS services that anyone would recommend?
I have a few domains with Namecheap and it's starting to get quite annoying when they all go down.
This forum software is quite new and they are only on the 0.4.x version. It is still under heavy development with lots of changes and fixes being implemented all the time.
I use this NodeBB for one of my forums and I have no issues with it. The only complaints I have had was to do with a plugin and not the actual NodeBB software.
Their main theme at the moment is called Lavender and I do find it cluttered and a bit busy but there are other themes available to use. They do tend to change the theme with each major release so when 0.5.0 comes out soon there may be another theme for you to check out.
The plugin and widget system they have is very useful with new plugins being developed all the time.
The infinite scroll can be turned off.
I have had a few issues with upgrades but that was down to me a slight version error on their upgrade script.
Their main forum home page is a theme called Lavender which is quite busy. There are other themes available that are less cluttered and busy, Vanilla and Cerulean are a lot nicer in my opinion.