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…	1	1589	May 25, 2024
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	8	13253	January 19, 2026
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	218	84872	January 6, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	17	11599	November 25, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1143	December 23, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	460	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	274	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29677	November 23, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9460	October 5, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	95	December 1, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1612	December 2, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	384	November 26, 2024
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4120	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4263	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	472	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4449	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	369	October 17, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	676	February 4, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112942	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8673	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1183	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1329	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	521	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	31209	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5863	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6117	August 1, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	159	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	81475	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16815	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2333	June 26, 2025

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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…