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	1575	May 25, 2024
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	218	84735	January 6, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	17	11587	November 25, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1135	December 23, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	454	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	267	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29656	November 23, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9450	October 5, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	93	December 1, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1604	December 2, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	375	November 26, 2024
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4111	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4254	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	471	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4437	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	347	October 17, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	672	February 4, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112878	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8659	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1181	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1311	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	519	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	31182	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5861	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6112	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	13044	July 8, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	157	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	81414	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16801	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2332	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…