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	1773	May 25, 2024
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	29	1782	March 18, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	235	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme	0	612	March 18, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	724	February 4, 2025
Using modifyClass to change core behavior	6	2273	March 4, 2026
Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.) code	0	1396	January 19, 2024
Automatically lint and format code before commits how-to , code	1	1420	March 13, 2026
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	9	9684	March 17, 2026
Run Discourse AI evals ai	1	169	December 1, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1261	December 23, 2025
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	7	12642	January 27, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	243	April 15, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	537	November 3, 2025
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	79	February 4, 2026
Alternative icons theme-guides , reference	21	2298	March 2, 2026
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	10	8785	February 24, 2026
Using service objects in Discourse	0	526	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	3	330	February 18, 2026
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	222	86358	February 7, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	20	11804	January 30, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	574	January 25, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	7	15755	January 19, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29880	November 23, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4172	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4324	November 12, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4547	October 24, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9577	October 5, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	113631	September 23, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1214	September 15, 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…