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…	1	1658	May 25, 2024
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	222	85489	February 7, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	45	February 4, 2026
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	14	31366	February 4, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components	4	575	January 30, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	20	11692	January 30, 2026
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4517	October 24, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2354	June 26, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	502	November 3, 2025
Using modifyClass to change core behavior	5	2206	March 10, 2025
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	7	12554	January 27, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	487	January 25, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	8	14151	January 19, 2026
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1183	December 23, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	485	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	288	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29760	November 23, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9514	October 5, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	116	December 1, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1666	December 2, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	398	November 26, 2024
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4153	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4295	November 12, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	693	February 4, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	113222	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8713	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1201	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1392	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	537	August 28, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5881	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…