Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Developer Guides Index index Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…	0	2465	May 15, 2024
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	2129	December 23, 2025
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2805	April 13, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	18270	June 2, 2022
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2955	July 26, 2017
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin plugin-guides , explanation	0	2601	April 5, 2018
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	13	20098	May 28, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	342	February 4, 2026
The UI kit of shared Discourse components, helpers, and modifiers	0	249	August 31, 2026
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	603	November 26, 2024
Using service objects in Discourse	0	1013	October 30, 2024
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	2	923	September 5, 2026
Automatically lint and format code before commits how-to , code	0	1919	November 8, 2019
Drag, resize, and gesture primitives	0	168	August 20, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1867	March 18, 2025
Customize posts' contents with your own styles css	8	3794	March 17, 2023
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6711	August 1, 2025
Change the style of a wiki post wiki-posts , how-to	6	8164	July 28, 2021
Alternative icons reference , theme-guides	28	3468	April 7, 2026
Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data ember , tutorial	0	12106	August 18, 2016
Using Google's 'tachometer' to measure JS performance changes in Discourse code	0	1218	October 5, 2023
Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.) code	0	1679	January 19, 2024
Change icons globally how-to	26	10728	October 5, 2025
Message Format support for localization translation , reference	0	5437	May 31, 2013
Add custom content that only appears on your homepage how-to	10	8578	February 29, 2024
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6377	August 19, 2025
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18336	October 11, 2018
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	10	9557	February 24, 2026
Include assets (e.g. images, fonts) in themes and components how-to , theme-guides	1	16355	August 23, 2024
Add localizable strings to themes and theme components how-to , theme-guides	22	6166	August 9, 2024

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Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…