# Is developing themes via https://discourse.theme-creator.io no longer viable?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-discourse-theme-creator-io/392117
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** theme-creator
**Created:** [December 25, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-discourse-theme-creator-io/392117 "2025-12-25T03:31:24Z")
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### Author: ![singi2016cn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/singi2016cn/32/532755_2.png) [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-discourse-theme-creator-io/392117/5 "2025-12-26T01:17:41Z")

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Thank you for your reply. Yes, currently, I can only choose local development. Should the tutorial be updated to suggest using a local environment for development as much as possible? Otherwise, it’s easy for newcomers to fall into this predicament again and waste time.

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