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	1558	May 25, 2024
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	218	84454	January 6, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	17	11547	November 25, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1123	December 23, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	436	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	260	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29617	November 23, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9436	October 5, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	83	December 1, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1584	December 2, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	363	November 26, 2024
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4088	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4232	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	465	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4424	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	336	October 17, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	662	February 4, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112732	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8628	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1171	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1284	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	514	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	31147	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5848	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6100	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	12732	July 8, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	156	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	81299	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16777	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2330	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…