Documentation

Hosted Customers Documentation and guides for people who run Discourse-hosted sites (Index) Using Discourse Topics showing how to Discourse by reading and writing content, and navigating Discourse sites. (Index) Contributing Guides on how to contribute to the Discourse open-source project. (Index) Site Management Documentation covering the configuration, moderation, and ongoing management of your Discourse community - useful for site owners, administrators, and moderators. (Index) Integrations Documentation about connecting Discourse with other platforms and services. (Index) Self-Hosting Documentation and guides for people who self-host their Discourse sites. (Index) Migrating to Discourse Guides and advice on how to migrate your forum to Discourse. (Index) Developer Guides Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. (Index)

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads Self-Hosting configuring , reference , how-to , cdn	267	44556	January 31, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components Developer Guides	4	553	January 30, 2026
Using the JS API Developer Guides plugin-api , explanation , code	20	11658	January 30, 2026
Install Discourse for development using Docker Developer Guides dev-install , docker , how-to	219	85050	January 30, 2026
Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI Site Management ai , content-localization	49	2345	December 27, 2025
Setup DiscourseConnect - Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso) Integrations sso , configuring , discourseconnect , how-to	46	452456	January 28, 2026
Automate the syncing of Discourse queries to Google Sheets Integrations data-explorer , how-to , google	0	38	January 27, 2026
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction Developer Guides theme-guides	20	4478	October 24, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin Developer Guides explanation , plugin-guides	1	2350	June 26, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior Developer Guides	1	487	November 3, 2025
Using modifyClass to change core behavior Developer Guides	5	2179	March 10, 2025
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI Developer Guides how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	7	12512	January 27, 2026
Run Data Explorer queries with the Discourse API Integrations data-explorer , how-to , rest-api	14	13252	May 6, 2025
Create a Data Explorer query using the API Integrations rest-api , data-explorer , how-to	0	19	January 26, 2026
Creating and using invites Using Discourse how-to , invites	4	3339	January 26, 2026
Formatting posts using markdown, BBCode, and HTML Using Discourse reference	16	16262	January 26, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.) Developer Guides	14	445	January 25, 2026
Creating and managing polls Using Discourse how-to , polls	24	41046	January 25, 2026
AI bot - Custom tools Site Management ai , how-to , ai-bot	7	1503	January 25, 2026
Discourse AI - Related topics Site Management ai , how-to , related-topics	14	2783	January 25, 2026
How Discourse ID works Site Management discourse-id	22	1515	January 24, 2026
Page Publishing Site Management how-to , page-publishing , content	66	25209	January 23, 2026
Find a translation key with verbose localization Site Management how-to , customization	3	3001	January 22, 2026
Filtering topic lists in Discourse Using Discourse reference , topic-filter , search	17	761	January 21, 2026
Configuring Twitter login and rich embeds for Discourse Integrations how-to , social-auth , sso	143	226753	January 20, 2026
Self-Hosting an OpenSource LLM for DiscourseAI Self-Hosting ai	7	3387	January 20, 2026
Multisite configuration with Docker Self-Hosting docker , explanation , advanced-setup , multisite	10	315107	January 19, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container Developer Guides	8	13500	January 19, 2026
Discourse Moderation Guide Site Management moderation , explanation	1	267229	December 4, 2024
Understanding post flags in Discourse Using Discourse moderation , reference	35	34396	January 17, 2026