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…	0	2483	May 15, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	85683	July 8, 2025
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2851	April 13, 2026
Change icons globally how-to	26	10786	October 5, 2025
Using the AI bot via the Discourse API	0	142	September 19, 2026
Use Discourse Core Variables in your Theme how-to , theme-guides	0	12418	January 9, 2018
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2356	July 3, 2023
The UI kit of shared Discourse components, helpers, and modifiers	0	264	August 31, 2026
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	610	November 26, 2024
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	2163	December 23, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	18340	June 2, 2022
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2973	July 26, 2017
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin plugin-guides , explanation	0	2606	April 5, 2018
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	13	20172	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	941	September 5, 2026
Automatically lint and format code before commits how-to , code	0	1935	November 8, 2019
Drag, resize, and gesture primitives	0	174	August 20, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1888	March 18, 2025
Customize posts' contents with your own styles css	8	3813	March 17, 2023
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6729	August 1, 2025
Change the style of a wiki post wiki-posts , how-to	6	8184	July 28, 2021
Alternative icons reference , theme-guides	28	3510	April 7, 2026
Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data ember , tutorial	0	12136	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
Message Format support for localization translation , reference	0	5443	May 31, 2013
Add custom content that only appears on your homepage how-to	10	8602	February 29, 2024
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6396	August 19, 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…