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	2097	May 15, 2024
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	13	4632	June 19, 2026
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	16	74251	April 22, 2026
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	83	200664	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	102	115906	April 24, 2026
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	16	32069	July 30, 2026
Using service objects in Discourse	0	862	October 30, 2024
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2788	July 26, 2017
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (d-compat branches)	6	1466	July 17, 2026
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2290	April 13, 2026
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	17327	July 8, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6426	August 1, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6075	August 19, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	17636	June 2, 2022
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface plugin-guides , tutorial	46	26814	September 24, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git plugin-guides , tutorial	10	13210	January 30, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	83555	July 8, 2025
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	175	February 4, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	1046	April 14, 2025
Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin how-to , code	12	18869	October 14, 2024
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	313	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1488	March 18, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9944	October 5, 2025
Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations explanation , theme-guides	0	915	April 11, 2023
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	2	9895	June 28, 2021
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 7 - Publish your plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	4	5860	July 29, 2021
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2134	July 3, 2023
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18038	October 11, 2018
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	912	January 25, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	318	April 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…