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…	0	2482	May 15, 2024
The UI kit of shared Discourse components, helpers, and modifiers	0	262	August 31, 2026
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	609	November 26, 2024
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	2158	December 23, 2025
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2831	April 13, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	18329	June 2, 2022
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2972	July 26, 2017
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin plugin-guides , explanation	0	2605	April 5, 2018
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	13	20166	May 28, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	347	February 4, 2026
Using service objects in Discourse	0	1019	October 30, 2024
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	2	939	September 5, 2026
Automatically lint and format code before commits how-to , code	0	1933	November 8, 2019
Drag, resize, and gesture primitives	0	174	August 20, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1886	March 18, 2025
Customize posts' contents with your own styles css	8	3808	March 17, 2023
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6727	August 1, 2025
Change the style of a wiki post wiki-posts , how-to	6	8180	July 28, 2021
Alternative icons reference , theme-guides	28	3502	April 7, 2026
Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data ember , tutorial	0	12132	August 18, 2016
Using Google's 'tachometer' to measure JS performance changes in Discourse code	0	1221	October 5, 2023
Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.) code	0	1684	January 19, 2024
Change icons globally how-to	26	10770	October 5, 2025
Message Format support for localization translation , reference	0	5441	May 31, 2013
Add custom content that only appears on your homepage how-to	10	8598	February 29, 2024
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6394	August 19, 2025
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18344	October 11, 2018
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	10	9586	February 24, 2026
Include assets (e.g. images, fonts) in themes and components how-to , theme-guides	1	16388	August 23, 2024
Add localizable strings to themes and theme components how-to , theme-guides	22	6221	August 9, 2024

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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…