diff --git a/src/components/ArchivePanel.svelte b/src/components/ArchivePanel.svelte
index 22939c254c..7d84299a90 100644
--- a/src/components/ArchivePanel.svelte
+++ b/src/components/ArchivePanel.svelte
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import I18nKey from "../i18n/i18nKey";
 import { i18n } from "../i18n/translation";
 import { getPostUrlBySlug } from "../utils/url-utils";
 
-export let tags: string[];
-export let categories: string[];
+export let tags: string[] = [];
+export let categories: string[] = [];
 export let sortedPosts: Post[] = [];
 
 const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
diff --git a/src/components/widget/Categories.astro b/src/components/widget/Categories.astro
index b44e9da965..820f3e590a 100644
--- a/src/components/widget/Categories.astro
+++ b/src/components/widget/Categories.astro
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 import I18nKey from "../../i18n/i18nKey";
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n/translation";
 import { getCategoryList } from "../../utils/content-utils";
-import ButtonLink from "../control/ButtonLink.astro";
 import WidgetLayout from "./WidgetLayout.astro";
+import CategoryNode from "./CategoryNode.astro";
 
 const categories = await getCategoryList();
+const rootHasExpandable = categories.some((c) => c.children.length > 0);
 
 const COLLAPSED_HEIGHT = "7.5rem";
 const COLLAPSE_THRESHOLD = 5;
@@ -23,13 +24,7 @@ const style = Astro.props.style;
 <WidgetLayout name={i18n(I18nKey.categories)} id="categories" isCollapsed={isCollapsed} collapsedHeight={COLLAPSED_HEIGHT}
                 class={className} style={style}
 >
-    {categories.map((c) =>
-        <ButtonLink
-            url={c.url}
-            badge={String(c.count)}
-            label={`View all posts in the ${c.name.trim()} category`}
-        >
-            {c.name.trim()}
-        </ButtonLink>
-    )}
+    {categories.map((category) => (
+        <CategoryNode node={category} depth={0} hasExpandableSibling={rootHasExpandable} />
+    ))}
 </WidgetLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/widget/CategoryNode.astro b/src/components/widget/CategoryNode.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8816d28f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/widget/CategoryNode.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+---
+import type { Category } from "../../utils/content-utils";
+
+interface Props {
+	node: Category;
+	depth?: number;
+	hasExpandableSibling?: boolean;
+}
+
+const { node, depth = 0, hasExpandableSibling = false } = Astro.props;
+const INDENT_PER_LEVEL = 12;
+const indentPx = depth * INDENT_PER_LEVEL;
+const hasChildren = node.children.length > 0;
+---
+
+{hasChildren ? (
+	<div style={`margin-left: ${indentPx}px`}>
+		<details class="category-details">
+			<summary class="w-full h-10 rounded-lg bg-none hover:bg-[var(--btn-plain-bg-hover)] active:bg-[var(--btn-plain-bg-active)] transition-all pl-2 hover:pl-3 text-neutral-700 hover:text-[var(--primary)] dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:text-[var(--primary)] cursor-pointer list-none flex items-center justify-between">
+				<div class="flex items-center relative mr-2 flex-1">
+					<span class="category-arrow text-[8px] transition-transform inline-block w-4 flex-shrink-0 origin-center flex items-center justify-center">▶</span>
+					<a
+						data-category-link
+						href={node.url}
+						aria-label={`View all posts in the ${node.fullPath} category`}
+						class="overflow-hidden text-left whitespace-nowrap overflow-ellipsis no-underline text-inherit hover:text-[var(--primary)]"
+					>
+						{node.name.trim()}
+					</a>
+				</div>
+				{node.count > 0 && (
+					<div class="transition px-2 h-7 mr-2 min-w-[2rem] rounded-lg text-sm font-bold text-[var(--btn-content)] dark:text-[var(--deep-text)] bg-[var(--btn-regular-bg)] dark:bg-[var(--primary)] flex items-center justify-center">
+						{node.count}
+					</div>
+				)}
+			</summary>
+			<div class="ml-4 mt-1">
+				{node.children.map((child) => (
+					<Astro.self
+						node={child}
+						depth={depth + 1}
+						hasExpandableSibling={node.children.some((n) => n.children.length > 0)}
+					/>
+				))}
+			</div>
+		</details>
+	</div>
+) : (
+	<div style={`margin-left: ${indentPx}px`}>
+		<a href={node.url} aria-label={`View all posts in the ${node.fullPath} category`}>
+			<button class="w-full h-10 rounded-lg bg-none hover:bg-[var(--btn-plain-bg-hover)] active:bg-[var(--btn-plain-bg-active)] transition-all pl-2 hover:pl-3 text-neutral-700 hover:text-[var(--primary)] dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:text-[var(--primary)]">
+				<div class="flex items-center justify-between relative mr-2">
+					<div class="flex items-center overflow-hidden text-left whitespace-nowrap overflow-ellipsis">
+						{hasExpandableSibling && (
+							<span class="text-[8px] inline-block w-4 flex-shrink-0 origin-center flex items-center justify-center text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-500">●</span>
+						)}
+						<span class="overflow-hidden text-left whitespace-nowrap overflow-ellipsis">{node.name.trim()}</span>
+					</div>
+					{node.count > 0 && (
+						<div class="transition px-2 h-7 ml-4 min-w-[2rem] rounded-lg text-sm font-bold text-[var(--btn-content)] dark:text-[var(--deep-text)] bg-[var(--btn-regular-bg)] dark:bg-[var(--primary)] flex items-center justify-center">
+							{node.count}
+						</div>
+					)}
+				</div>
+			</button>
+		</a>
+	</div>
+)}
+
+<style>
+	.category-details[open] > summary .category-arrow {
+		transform: rotate(90deg);
+	}
+</style>
+
+<script>
+if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+	window.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+		const target = e.target as HTMLElement | null;
+		if (!target) return;
+		const link = target.closest("[data-category-link]");
+		if (link) {
+			e.stopPropagation();
+		}
+	});
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/src/content/config.ts b/src/content/config.ts
index 8bc07fe9e9..1f26a14da9 100644
--- a/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/src/content/config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const postsCollection = defineCollection({
 		description: z.string().optional().default(""),
 		image: z.string().optional().default(""),
 		tags: z.array(z.string()).optional().default([]),
-		category: z.string().optional().nullable().default(""),
+		category: z.string().optional().default(""),
 		lang: z.string().optional().default(""),
 
 		/* For internal use */
diff --git a/src/pages/archive.astro b/src/pages/archive.astro
index 90ede2429a..c591e973f3 100644
--- a/src/pages/archive.astro
+++ b/src/pages/archive.astro
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ const sortedPostsList = await getSortedPostsList();
 ---
 
 <MainGridLayout title={i18n(I18nKey.archive)}>
-    <ArchivePanel sortedPosts={sortedPostsList} client:only="svelte"></ArchivePanel>
+    <ArchivePanel sortedPosts={sortedPostsList as any} tags={[]} categories={[]} client:only="svelte"></ArchivePanel>
 </MainGridLayout>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remark-directive-rehype.js b/src/plugins/remark-directive-rehype.js
index 174cceb9a1..1da8c5a5ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remark-directive-rehype.js
+++ b/src/plugins/remark-directive-rehype.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { h } from "hastscript";
 import { visit } from "unist-util-visit";
 
 export function parseDirectiveNode() {
-	return (tree, { _data }) => {
+	return (tree, _file) => {
 		visit(tree, (node) => {
 			if (
 				node.type === "containerDirective" ||
diff --git a/src/utils/content-utils.ts b/src/utils/content-utils.ts
index ca43516dca..96d695a0ea 100644
--- a/src/utils/content-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/content-utils.ts
@@ -73,42 +73,99 @@ export async function getTagList(): Promise<Tag[]> {
 }
 
 export type Category = {
-	name: string;
-	count: number;
+	name: string; // current segment name
+	fullPath: string; // joined path like "Java/MouseMacros"
+	count: number; // includes children
 	url: string;
+	children: Category[];
+};
+
+type CategoryNodeInternal = Category & {
+	childrenMap: Map<string, CategoryNodeInternal>;
 };
 
+function createCategoryNode(
+	name: string,
+	fullPath: string,
+): CategoryNodeInternal {
+	return {
+		name,
+		fullPath,
+		count: 0,
+		url: getCategoryUrl(fullPath),
+		children: [],
+		childrenMap: new Map<string, CategoryNodeInternal>(),
+	};
+}
+
+function normalizeCategory(raw: unknown): string {
+	if (!raw) return "";
+	if (typeof raw === "string") return raw.trim();
+	return String(raw).trim();
+}
+
+function addCategoryToTree(
+	root: Map<string, CategoryNodeInternal>,
+	segments: string[],
+	uncategorizedLabel: string,
+) {
+	// If no valid segments, treat as uncategorized
+	if (segments.length === 0) {
+		const key = uncategorizedLabel;
+		const existing = root.get(key) ?? createCategoryNode(key, key);
+		existing.count += 1;
+		root.set(key, existing);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	let currentMap = root;
+	let currentPath = "";
+
+	segments.forEach((segment) => {
+		currentPath = currentPath ? `${currentPath}/${segment}` : segment;
+		let node = currentMap.get(segment);
+		if (!node) {
+			node = createCategoryNode(segment, currentPath);
+			currentMap.set(segment, node);
+		}
+		node.count += 1; // accumulate counts on all levels
+		currentMap = node.childrenMap;
+	});
+}
+
+function mapToSortedCategories(
+	map: Map<string, CategoryNodeInternal>,
+): Category[] {
+	const nodes = Array.from(map.values()).sort((a, b) =>
+		a.name.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.name.toLowerCase()),
+	);
+
+	return nodes.map((node) => ({
+		name: node.name,
+		fullPath: node.fullPath,
+		count: node.count,
+		url: node.url,
+		children: mapToSortedCategories(node.childrenMap),
+	}));
+}
+
 export async function getCategoryList(): Promise<Category[]> {
 	const allBlogPosts = await getCollection<"posts">("posts", ({ data }) => {
 		return import.meta.env.PROD ? data.draft !== true : true;
 	});
-	const count: { [key: string]: number } = {};
-	allBlogPosts.forEach((post: { data: { category: string | null } }) => {
-		if (!post.data.category) {
-			const ucKey = i18n(I18nKey.uncategorized);
-			count[ucKey] = count[ucKey] ? count[ucKey] + 1 : 1;
-			return;
-		}
 
-		const categoryName =
-			typeof post.data.category === "string"
-				? post.data.category.trim()
-				: String(post.data.category).trim();
+	const uncategorizedLabel = i18n(I18nKey.uncategorized);
+	const rootMap = new Map<string, CategoryNodeInternal>();
 
-		count[categoryName] = count[categoryName] ? count[categoryName] + 1 : 1;
-	});
+	allBlogPosts.forEach((post: { data: { category: string | null } }) => {
+		const normalized = normalizeCategory(post.data.category);
+		const segments = normalized
+			.split("/")
+			.map((s) => s.trim())
+			.filter(Boolean);
 
-	const lst = Object.keys(count).sort((a, b) => {
-		return a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase());
+		addCategoryToTree(rootMap, segments, uncategorizedLabel);
 	});
 
-	const ret: Category[] = [];
-	for (const c of lst) {
-		ret.push({
-			name: c,
-			count: count[c],
-			url: getCategoryUrl(c),
-		});
-	}
-	return ret;
+	return mapToSortedCategories(rootMap);
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/url-utils.ts b/src/utils/url-utils.ts
index 956050bbc2..9bf2b931dc 100644
--- a/src/utils/url-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/url-utils.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function getCategoryUrl(category: string | null): string {
 		category.trim().toLowerCase() === i18n(I18nKey.uncategorized).toLowerCase()
 	)
 		return url("/archive/?uncategorized=true");
-	return url(`/archive/?category=${encodeURIComponent(category.trim())}`);
+	return url(`/categories/${encodeURIComponent(category.trim())}/`);
 }
 
 export function getDir(path: string): string {