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…	3	1420	August 27, 2024
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	16	11353	November 15, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4009	November 14, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	371	October 30, 2024
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	10	4151	November 12, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	409	November 3, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	20	4357	October 24, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	293	October 17, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9364	October 5, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	25	1468	September 29, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	630	February 4, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	27	1026	May 13, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	112164	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8555	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1133	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1147	September 9, 2025
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	217	83132	September 8, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	479	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	30898	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5798	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6055	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	11081	July 8, 2025
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	180	July 16, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	124	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	80864	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16692	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2312	June 26, 2025
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	14	71694	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	84	192980	June 22, 2025
Discourse Public Data Dump	1	1027	May 13, 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…