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…	0	2296	May 15, 2024
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2598	April 13, 2026
Add localizable strings to themes and theme components how-to , theme-guides	22	5870	August 9, 2024
Using service objects in Discourse	0	945	October 30, 2024
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	13	4896	June 19, 2026
Using the AI bot via the Discourse API	0	77	September 19, 2026
Developer's guide to Markdown extensions markdown , reference , code	1	13758	June 1, 2026
Adding a new 'managed' authentication method to Discourse explanation	2	3838	November 29, 2023
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	392	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	1160	April 14, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	17591	July 8, 2025
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	2	10075	June 28, 2021
Designing for Responsive Widths (Breakpoints, Viewport & Containers)	0	134	August 4, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Touch & Hover)	14	1312	January 25, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	391	April 15, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	873	February 4, 2025
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2267	July 3, 2023
The UI kit of shared Discourse components, helpers, and modifiers	0	138	August 31, 2026
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	16	75031	April 22, 2026
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	83	202632	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	102	117188	April 24, 2026
Bundle splitting for plugins	0	83	September 8, 2026
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	2	781	September 5, 2026
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1898	December 23, 2025
Drag, resize, and gesture primitives	0	129	August 20, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	247	February 4, 2026
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	567	November 26, 2024
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	756	August 28, 2025
(not recommended) Overriding Discourse templates from a Theme or Plugin how-to	9	2979	March 7, 2024
Preventing accidental serialization of ActiveRecord models reference	2	553	July 23, 2024

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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…