Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Alternative icons theme-guides , reference	21	2298	March 2, 2026
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	10	8785	February 24, 2026
Using service objects in Discourse	0	526	October 30, 2024
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	3	330	February 18, 2026
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	20	11805	January 30, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	576	January 25, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	7	15794	January 19, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	29883	November 23, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4172	November 14, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9578	October 5, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	113643	September 23, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1215	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1495	September 9, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	549	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	14	31489	February 4, 2026
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5907	August 19, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6184	August 1, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	195	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	82057	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16944	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2393	March 13, 2026
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	14	73029	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	84	196508	June 22, 2025
Discourse Public Data Dump	1	1100	May 13, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 3. CSS in Themes	5	619	March 18, 2025
Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components tutorial , reference , theme-guides	15	106887	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components	0	635	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 4. Using Outlets to insert and replace content	0	940	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1188	March 18, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 3 - Add custom site settings plugin-guides , tutorial	39	23664	March 15, 2025