# Plugin tester without installing Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960 "2019-09-08T11:56:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Zususu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@Zususu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zususu)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/1 "2019-09-08T11:56:54Z")

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Hi all,  
Is there a way to test a plugin without installing Discourse (similar to the theme-creator platform)?  
Thank you.

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/2 "2019-09-08T12:08:00Z")

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No, there’s no such thing.

You need to have Discourse up and running in order to try a plugin - unless the author of the plugin offers a live demo. That said, you can try plugins on a development install. Check the #dev-install tag for more on that.

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### Author: ![frold](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frold/32/82547_2.png) [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/3 "2019-09-08T12:08:30Z")

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Why not just install it and test it. If you dont like it theb Uninstall. Quite easy, I think

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/4 "2023-04-09T22:23:43Z")

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### Author: ![Lhc\_fl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lhc_fl/32/268115_2.png) [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/5 "2023-04-09T23:45:52Z")

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In fact, now you can use GitHub workspace to develop discourse plugins, but you need to manually install the discourse development environment  
Looking forward to the day when installing discourse on a GitHub workspace can be one-click!

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-tester-without-installing-discourse/127960/6 "2023-06-08T12:00:51Z")

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