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	1473	May 25, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	215	July 16, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	26	1513	December 2, 2025
Run Discourse AI evals	1	34	December 1, 2025
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	349	November 26, 2024
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	17	11426	November 25, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29486	November 23, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4034	November 14, 2025
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4172	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	422	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4379	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	305	October 17, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9372	October 5, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	642	February 4, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	27	1053	May 13, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112365	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8576	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1142	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1183	September 9, 2025
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	217	83645	September 8, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	490	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	30986	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5802	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6069	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	11645	July 8, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	126	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	80987	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16721	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2317	June 26, 2025
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	14	71841	June 22, 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…