diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate-category-min.json-files.js b/.github/scripts/generate-category-min.json-files.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3b8c90d
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+++ b/.github/scripts/generate-category-min.json-files.js
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Function to recursively find all metadata.json files
+function findMetadataFiles(dir) {
+    const metadataFiles = [];
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+        return metadataFiles;
+    }
+
+    const items = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+
+    for (const item of items) {
+        const fullPath = path.join(dir, item.name);
+
+        if (item.isDirectory()) {
+            // Recursively search subdirectories
+            metadataFiles.push(...findMetadataFiles(fullPath));
+        } else if (item.name === 'metadata.json') {
+            metadataFiles.push(fullPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return metadataFiles;
+}
+
+// Function to load and validate metadata
+function loadMetadata(filePath) {
+    try {
+        const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+        const metadata = JSON.parse(content);
+
+        // Basic validation - ensure required fields exist
+        const requiredFields = ['name', 'category', 'description', 'version', 'commit', 'owner', 'repo', 'path'];
+        for (const field of requiredFields) {
+            if (!(field in metadata) || metadata[field] === null || metadata[field] === undefined || metadata[field] === '') {
+                console.warn(`⚠️ Skipping ${filePath}: missing or empty field '${field}'`);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Add file path for reference
+        metadata.filePath = path.dirname(filePath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+        return metadata;
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`⚠️ Skipping ${filePath}: ${error.message}`);
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+// Function to load valid categories
+function loadValidCategories() {
+    try {
+        const categoriesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../', 'categories.json');
+        const categoriesContent = fs.readFileSync(categoriesPath, 'utf8');
+        return JSON.parse(categoriesContent);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`⚠️ Could not load categories.json: ${error.message}`);
+        return [];
+    }
+}
+
+// Main function
+async function main() {
+    console.log('🔄 Generating minified category files...');
+
+    // Load valid categories
+    const validCategories = loadValidCategories();
+    console.log(`📋 Valid categories: ${validCategories.join(', ')}`);
+
+    // Find all metadata files
+    const repositoriesDir = path.join(__dirname, '../..', 'repositories');
+    const metadataFiles = findMetadataFiles(repositoriesDir);
+    console.log(`📁 Found ${metadataFiles.length} metadata files`);
+
+    if (metadataFiles.length === 0) {
+        console.log('ℹ️ No metadata files found. No category files will be generated.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Group metadata by category
+    const categorizedApps = {};
+    let processedCount = 0;
+    let skippedCount = 0;
+
+    for (const filePath of metadataFiles) {
+        const metadata = loadMetadata(filePath);
+        if (metadata) {
+            const category = metadata.category;
+
+            if (!categorizedApps[category]) {
+                categorizedApps[category] = [];
+            }
+
+            categorizedApps[category].push(metadata);
+            processedCount++;
+            console.log(`✅ Added ${metadata.name} to category '${category}'`);
+        } else {
+            skippedCount++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    console.log(`📊 Processed: ${processedCount}, Skipped: ${skippedCount}`);
+
+    // Create releases directory if it doesn't exist
+    const releasesDir = path.join(__dirname, '../..', 'releases');
+    if (!fs.existsSync(releasesDir)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(releasesDir, { recursive: true });
+        console.log(`📁 Created releases directory`);
+    }
+
+    // Generate category files
+    const generatedFiles = [];
+    const categoriesWithReleases = [];
+    for (const [category, apps] of Object.entries(categorizedApps)) {
+        const releaseFileName = `category-${category.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '-')}.min.json`;
+        const releaseFilePath = path.join(releasesDir, releaseFileName);
+
+        // Sort apps by name for consistent ordering
+        apps.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+
+        // Filter out unwanted fields from apps for category files
+        const filteredApps = apps.map(app => {
+            const { commit, owner, repo, path, filePath, category, files, name, description, version, 'supported-devices': supportedDevices, ...cleanApp } = app;
+            // Add slug in format: owner/repo/subfolder_name
+            const subfolderName = filePath.split('/').pop();
+            const slug = `${owner}/${repo}/${subfolderName}`;
+
+            // Add only shortened field names
+            cleanApp.n = name;        // name -> n
+            cleanApp.d = description; // description -> d
+            cleanApp.v = version;     // version -> v
+            cleanApp.s = slug;        // slug -> s
+
+            // Include supported-devices if present (apps/scripts only, not themes)
+            const isTheme = app.category === 'Themes';
+            if (supportedDevices && !isTheme) {
+                cleanApp['sd'] = supportedDevices;
+            }
+
+            // Include supported-screen-size if present (themes only)
+            if (app['supported-screen-size'] && isTheme) {
+                cleanApp['sss'] = app['supported-screen-size'];
+            }
+
+            return cleanApp;
+        });
+
+        const releaseData = {
+            category: category,
+            count: apps.length,
+            apps: filteredApps
+        };
+
+        try {
+            // Write without pretty formatting (minified)
+            fs.writeFileSync(releaseFilePath, JSON.stringify(releaseData), 'utf8');
+            generatedFiles.push(releaseFileName);
+            categoriesWithReleases.push(category);
+            console.log(`📄 Generated ${releaseFileName} with ${apps.length} apps (minified)`);
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error(`❌ Failed to write ${releaseFileName}: ${error.message}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Clean up old minified category files that are no longer needed
+    const existingReleaseFiles = fs.readdirSync(releasesDir)
+        .filter(file => file.startsWith('category-') && file.endsWith('.min.json'));
+
+    for (const existingFile of existingReleaseFiles) {
+        if (!generatedFiles.includes(existingFile)) {
+            try {
+                fs.unlinkSync(path.join(releasesDir, existingFile));
+                console.log(`🗑️ Removed obsolete file: ${existingFile}`);
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.warn(`⚠️ Could not remove ${existingFile}: ${error.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Generate summary
+    console.log('');
+    console.log('📋 Summary:');
+    console.log(`   Categories: ${Object.keys(categorizedApps).length}`);
+    console.log(`   Total apps: ${processedCount}`);
+    console.log(`   Minified category files: ${generatedFiles.length}`);
+
+    if (generatedFiles.length > 0) {
+        console.log('');
+        console.log('📄 Generated minified category files:');
+        for (const file of generatedFiles) {
+            console.log(`   - ${file}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    console.log('✅ Minified category file generation complete!');
+}
+
+// Run the script
+main().catch(error => {
+    console.error('❌ Script failed:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+});
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-releases.yml
index 3b03a6ab..0a2b1002 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-releases.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ jobs:
             echo "No category.json files to commit"
           fi
 
+      - name: Generate category.min files
+        run: |
+          node .github/scripts/generate-category-min.json-files.js
+
+      - name: Commit category.min.json files
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          if [ -d "releases" ] && [ "$(ls -A releases/category-*.min.json 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+            git add releases/category-*.min.json
+            if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+              echo "No category.min.json file changes to commit"
+            else
+              git commit -m "Update category.min.json files [skip ci]"
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "No category.min.json files to commit"
+          fi
+
       - name: Generate categories.json
         run: |
           node .github/scripts/generate-categories.json.js