Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Developer Guides Index index Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…	3	1359	August 27, 2024
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	9	241	October 17, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	335	October 30, 2024
Change icons globally how-to	26	9325	October 5, 2025
Objects type for theme setting theme-guides , how-to	25	1397	September 29, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	594	February 4, 2025
Discourse toolkit to render forms	27	914	May 13, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	101	111840	September 23, 2025
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme how-to , theme-guides	8	8509	September 17, 2025
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (.discourse-compatibility)	3	1110	September 15, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1063	September 9, 2025
Install Discourse for development using Docker dev-install , docker , how-to	217	82238	September 8, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	432	August 28, 2025
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	13	30747	August 23, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	5782	August 19, 2025
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	9	3950	August 6, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6018	August 1, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	6	10182	July 8, 2025
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	2	167	July 16, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	104	July 16, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	80612	July 8, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	16630	July 8, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin explanation , plugin-guides	1	2294	June 26, 2025
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	14	71375	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	84	192079	June 22, 2025
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	14	11231	May 27, 2025
Discourse Public Data Dump	1	1007	May 13, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	565	April 14, 2025
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	143	April 15, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 3. CSS in Themes	5	354	March 18, 2025

Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…