# How to customize the Discourse app using docker container?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-discourse-app-using-docker-container/101594
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [08.Ноябрь.2018 06:55:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-discourse-app-using-docker-container/101594 "2018-11-08T06:55:56Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [08.Ноябрь.2018 14:02:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-discourse-app-using-docker-container/101594/3 "2018-11-08T14:02:33Z")

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You might get away with the docker version if you can use existing plugins or theme components to perform the required customisations (there’s a lot of existing stuff you can use without getting too dirty - take a look through the plugin and theme categories).

Otherwise you need to look at developing your own plugin as pfaffman suggests.

You don’t even need to install dev locally btw - I use a cloud server.

More of my tips on getting started with plugin dev here:

> [@How can I make my own Discourse plugins?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-my-own-discourse-plugins/90032/2):
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> I’ve only just started but here’s my ‘starter for 10’ to get you going: Read: [these](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1/30515)[this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-start-building-stuff-for-discourse-if-youre-newbie-like-myself/45954) Try and read the code on the simplest, [but popular plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/c/plugin/l/top/yearly) and see if you can understand what they are doing (this is not always easy, especially with the complexity of dealing with multiple files and the sometimes brutal functional brevity of javasctipt, but persevere) You need to learn: Lots of Javascript (look no further than @mpj’s [Fun Fun Function excellent & fun (!) videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q) (thanks man!)) Lots of …

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