diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d8cd95d..e0b02816 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-hibernate-validator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-cache</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkiverse.helm</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-helm</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/QuarkusVersions.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/QuarkusVersions.java
index a42ee06e..551ac322 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/QuarkusVersions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/QuarkusVersions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.search.app;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 public final class QuarkusVersions {
     private QuarkusVersions() {
     }
@@ -8,4 +10,24 @@ private QuarkusVersions() {
     public static final String MAIN = "main";
     public static final String V3_2 = "3.2";
 
+    public static final Comparator<String> COMPARATOR = new Comparator<String>() {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(String left, String right) {
+            if (left.equals(right)) {
+                return 0;
+            } else if (left.equals(MAIN)) {
+                return 1;
+            } else if (right.equals(MAIN)) {
+                return -1;
+            } else if (left.equals(LATEST)) {
+                // "latest" actually means "latest non-snapshot", so it's older than main.
+                return 1;
+            } else if (right.equals(LATEST)) {
+                return -1;
+            } else {
+                return left.compareTo(right);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceService.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a54659f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package io.quarkus.search.app;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import io.quarkus.search.app.cache.MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator;
+import io.quarkus.search.app.entity.Guide;
+import io.quarkus.search.app.entity.Language;
+
+import io.quarkus.cache.Cache;
+import io.quarkus.cache.CacheName;
+import io.quarkus.cache.CacheResult;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.search.aggregation.AggregationKey;
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.session.SearchSession;
+
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.Operation;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+@Path("/")
+@Transactional
+@org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.Cache(maxAge = 120)
+public class ReferenceService {
+
+    private static final String REFERENCE_CACHE = "reference-cache";
+
+    @CacheName(REFERENCE_CACHE)
+    Cache cache;
+
+    @Inject
+    SearchSession session;
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Operation(summary = "List available versions")
+    @Path("/versions")
+    @CacheResult(cacheName = REFERENCE_CACHE, keyGenerator = MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.class)
+    public List<String> versions() {
+        return listAllValues("quarkusVersion", QuarkusVersions.COMPARATOR.reversed());
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Operation(summary = "List available languages")
+    @Path("/languages")
+    @CacheResult(cacheName = REFERENCE_CACHE, keyGenerator = MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.class)
+    public List<String> languages() {
+        return Arrays.stream(Language.values()).map(lang -> lang.code).toList();
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Operation(summary = "List available categories")
+    @Path("/categories")
+    @CacheResult(cacheName = REFERENCE_CACHE, keyGenerator = MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.class)
+    public List<String> categories() {
+        return listAllValues("categories", Comparator.naturalOrder());
+    }
+
+    public void invalidateCaches() {
+        cache.invalidateAll();
+    }
+
+    private List<String> listAllValues(String fieldName, Comparator<String> comparator) {
+        var aggKey = AggregationKey.<Map<String, Long>> of("versions");
+        var result = session.search(Guide.class)
+                .where(f -> f.matchAll())
+                .aggregation(aggKey, f -> f.terms().field(fieldName, String.class))
+                .fetch(0);
+        return result.aggregation(aggKey).keySet().stream().sorted(comparator).toList();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/cache/MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/cache/MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b877949c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/cache/MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.quarkus.search.app.cache;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import io.quarkus.cache.CacheKeyGenerator;
+
+public class MethodNameCacheKeyGenerator implements CacheKeyGenerator {
+    @Override
+    public Object generate(Method method, Object... methodParams) {
+        return method.getName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
index c76af8b5..178bf3fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.backend.types.Sortable;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.backend.types.TermVector;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.automaticindexing.ReindexOnUpdate;
-import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.bridge.builtin.annotation.AlternativeDiscriminator;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.bridge.mapping.annotation.RoutingBinderRef;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.bridge.mapping.annotation.ValueBridgeRef;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.mapping.definition.annotation.Indexed;
@@ -42,10 +41,11 @@ public class Guide {
     @JavaType(URIType.class)
     public URI url;
 
-    @AlternativeDiscriminator
     @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
+    @KeywordField(searchable = Searchable.NO, aggregable = Aggregable.YES)
     public Language language;
 
+    @KeywordField(searchable = Searchable.NO, aggregable = Aggregable.YES)
     public String quarkusVersion;
 
     @KeywordField
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class Guide {
     @IndexingDependency(reindexOnUpdate = ReindexOnUpdate.NO)
     public I18nData<InputProvider> htmlFullContentProvider = new I18nData<>();
 
-    @KeywordField(name = "categories")
+    @KeywordField(name = "categories", aggregable = Aggregable.YES)
     public Set<String> categories = Set.of();
 
     @I18nFullTextField(name = "topics", analyzerPrefix = AnalysisConfigurer.DEFAULT, searchAnalyzerPrefix = AnalysisConfigurer.DEFAULT_SEARCH)
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/indexing/IndexingService.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/indexing/IndexingService.java
index fdde15ec..926d240c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/indexing/IndexingService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/indexing/IndexingService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 
+import io.quarkus.search.app.ReferenceService;
 import io.quarkus.search.app.fetching.FetchingService;
 import io.quarkus.search.app.quarkusio.QuarkusIO;
 import io.quarkus.search.app.util.SimpleExecutor;
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ public class IndexingService {
     @Inject
     IndexingConfig indexingConfig;
 
+    @Inject
+    ReferenceService referenceService;
+
     private final AtomicBoolean reindexingInProgress = new AtomicBoolean();
 
     void registerManagementRoutes(@Observes ManagementInterface mi) {
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ private void indexAll(FailureCollector failureCollector) {
             searchMapping.scope(Object.class).workspace().refresh();
 
             rollover.commit();
+            referenceService.invalidateCaches();
             Log.info("Indexing success");
         } catch (RuntimeException | IOException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to index data: " + e.getMessage(), e);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0219eca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/ReferenceServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package io.quarkus.search.app;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.when;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.quarkus.search.app.testsupport.QuarkusIOSample;
+import io.quarkus.search.app.testsupport.SetupUtil;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPEndpoint;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.common.mapper.TypeRef;
+import io.restassured.filter.log.LogDetail;
+
+@QuarkusTest
+@TestHTTPEndpoint(SearchService.class)
+@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
+@QuarkusIOSample.Setup
+class ReferenceServiceTest {
+    private static final TypeRef<List<String>> LIST_OF_STRINGS = new TypeRef<>() {
+    };
+
+    private List<String> get(String referenceName) {
+        return when().get("/" + referenceName)
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .extract().body().as(LIST_OF_STRINGS);
+    }
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    void setup() {
+        SetupUtil.waitForIndexing(getClass());
+        RestAssured.enableLoggingOfRequestAndResponseIfValidationFails(LogDetail.BODY);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void versions() {
+        assertThat(get("versions")).containsExactly("main", "latest", "3.2");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void languages() {
+        assertThat(get("languages")).containsExactly("en", "es", "pt", "cn", "ja");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void categories() {
+        assertThat(get("categories")).containsExactly(
+                "alt-languages",
+                "architecture",
+                "cloud",
+                "compatibility",
+                "core",
+                "data",
+                "miscellaneous",
+                "security",
+                "web",
+                "writing-extensions");
+    }
+}