I see the APIs are quite extensive but before I dive into this direction, I wanted to know if it is possible to build a custom flutter app entirely using the APIs that discourse supports? We are currently on xenforo and would be migrating to discourse first and then start working on the custom app …

Yes, it’s totally possible, as discourse is just an ember app on top of the rails api. I think it’s a terrible idea, as you’ll just be duplicating thousands of hours of work. That said, I had a client who did just that and they seemed happy with it. I haven’t heard from them in a long while; I don’…

Can discourse be used entirely through the APIs to build a flutter app?

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nat (Natalie T) December 16, 2024, 7:39am 9

We do have some themes to play around with which may be less of a timesink than “build a Discourse frontend in flutter from scratch”

You may install these themes to your site and users can select them for themselves.

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Can discourse be used entirely through the APIs to build a flutter app?

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