# Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-started-with-theme-creator-and-the-theme-cli/108444
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Tags:** how-to, theme-creator, theme-guides
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-started-with-theme-creator-and-the-theme-cli/108444 "2019-02-05T18:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-started-with-theme-creator-and-the-theme-cli/108444/26 "2026-01-27T08:38:26Z")

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There was a change a while ago

> [@Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-the-discourse-theme-cli-console-app-to-help-you-build-themes/82950/202):
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> Live reloads of stylesheets have [been disabled for production instances](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/351d3d4eb94390ef667b72e3d4ba9c740224c44c), because they were causing problems when updating themes and/or Discourse core. Fundamentally: stylesheet changes are often tied to changes in JS/HTML, so live-loading for only stylesheets is risky. Users end up running ‘new’ stylesheets against ‘old’ HTML, which can lead to some very strange experiences. Live-loading is still enabled for development-mode Discourse instances. Ideally, you’d use that for development rather …

You might be interested in [Live Reload in Production](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-reload-in-production/392089)

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