Developer Guides

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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	1671	May 25, 2024
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	222	85600	February 7, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	50	February 4, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components	4	582	January 30, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	20	11705	January 30, 2026
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	7	12560	January 27, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	503	January 25, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	8	14344	January 19, 2026
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1192	December 23, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1670	December 2, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	122	December 1, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29782	November 23, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4155	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4299	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	506	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4521	October 24, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9527	October 5, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	113274	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8719	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1209	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1410	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	538	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	14	31379	February 4, 2026
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5885	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6146	August 1, 2025
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	290	July 16, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	179	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	81714	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16878	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2356	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…