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	1523	May 25, 2024
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1095	December 23, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	428	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	240	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29566	November 23, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9416	October 5, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	71	December 1, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1554	December 2, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	358	November 26, 2024
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	17	11480	November 25, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4056	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4207	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	450	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4400	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	319	October 17, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	653	February 4, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112569	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8604	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1159	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1239	September 9, 2025
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	217	84128	September 8, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	503	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	31074	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5831	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6085	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	12295	July 8, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	138	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	81178	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16752	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2323	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…