diff --git a/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md b/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
index 6c70ba8e00fe608a37e1d6ece4f412b0ca9eae86..5d3fefbfc497757651402bbc161783fcc66b90d4 100644
--- a/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
+++ b/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Adding a Package Manager
 
-This document explains how to add a new language/package manager.
+This document explains how to add a new package manager.
 
 ## Code structure
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The manager's `index.ts` file supports the following values or functions:
 | `extractPackageFile`          |          | yes   |
 | `extractAllPackageFiles`      | yes      | yes   |
 | `getRangeStrategy`            | yes      |       |
-| `language`                    | yes      |       |
+| `categories`                  | yes      |       |
 | `supportsLockFileMaintenance` | yes      |       |
 | `updateArtifacts`             | yes      | yes   |
 | `updateDependency`            | yes      |       |
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ The `npm` manager uses the `getRangeStrategy` function to pin `devDependencies`
 
 If left undefined, then a default `getRangeStrategy` will be used that always returns "replace".
 
-### `language` (optional)
-
-This is used when more than one package manager shares settings from a common language.
-
 ### `supportsLockFileMaintenance` (optional)
 
 Set to `true` if this package manager needs to update lock files in addition to package files.
diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index f4b45f501dd252c8b718f2a7b95414d27bee8ff5..442d3360bdd6673bd09f20c373da42e672e1e68b 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -763,24 +763,6 @@ Descriptions fields embedded within presets are also collated as part of the onb
 
 Add to this object if you wish to define rules that apply only to PRs that update digests.
 
-## docker
-
-Add config here if you wish it to apply to Docker package managers Dockerfile and Docker Compose.
-If instead you mean to apply settings to any package manager that updates using the Docker _datasource_, use a package rule instead, e.g.
-
-```json
-{
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "matchDatasources": ["docker"],
-      "labels": ["docker-update"]
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-## dotnet
-
 ## draftPR
 
 If you want the PRs created by Renovate to be considered as drafts rather than normal PRs, you could add this property to your `renovate.json`:
@@ -1132,16 +1114,6 @@ If you need to modify this path, for example in order to ignore directories, you
 }
 ```
 
-## golang
-
-Configuration added here applies for all Go-related updates.
-The only supported package manager for Go is the native Go Modules (the `gomod` manager).
-
-For self-hosted users, `GOPROXY`, `GONOPROXY`, `GOPRIVATE` and `GOINSECURE` environment variables are supported ([reference](https://go.dev/ref/mod#module-proxy)).
-
-Usage of `direct` will fallback to the Renovate-native release fetching mechanism.
-Also we support the `off` keyword which will stop any fetching immediately.
-
 ## group
 
 The default configuration for groups are essentially internal to Renovate and you normally shouldn't need to modify them.
@@ -1664,14 +1636,6 @@ Currently this applies to the `minimumReleaseAge` check only.
 The `flexible` mode can result in "flapping" of Pull Requests, for example: a pending PR with version `1.0.3` is first released but then downgraded to `1.0.2` once it passes `minimumReleaseAge`.
 We recommend that you use the `strict` mode, and enable the `dependencyDashboard` so that you can see suppressed PRs.
 
-## java
-
-Use this configuration option for shared config across all Java projects (Gradle and Maven).
-
-## js
-
-Use this configuration option for shared config across npm/Yarn/pnpm and meteor package managers.
-
 ## labels
 
 By default, Renovate won't add any labels to PRs.
@@ -1810,12 +1774,6 @@ This works because Renovate will add a "renovate/stability-days" pending status
 
 Add to this object if you wish to define rules that apply only to minor updates.
 
-## node
-
-Using this configuration option allows you to apply common configuration and policies across all Node.js version updates even if managed by different package managers (`npm`, `yarn`, etc.).
-
-Check out our [Node.js documentation](https://docs.renovatebot.com/node) for a comprehensive explanation of how the `node` option can be used.
-
 ## npmToken
 
 See [Private npm module support](./getting-started/private-packages.md) for details on how this is used.
@@ -2055,17 +2013,23 @@ See also `matchPackagePrefixes`.
 
 The above will match all package names starting with `eslint` but exclude ones starting with `eslint-foo`.
 
-### matchLanguages
+### matchCategories
+
+Use `matchCategories` to restrict rules to a particular language or group.
+Matching is done using "any" logic, i.e. "match any of the following categories".
+The categories can be found in the [manager documentation](./modules/manager/index.md).
 
-Use this field to restrict rules to a particular language. e.g.
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! note
+    Rules with `matchCategories` are only applied _after_ extraction of dependencies.
+    If you want to configure which managers are being extracted at all, use `enabledManagers` instead.
 
 ```json
 {
   "packageRules": [
     {
-      "matchPackageNames": ["request"],
-      "matchLanguages": ["python"],
-      "enabled": false
+      "matchCategories": ["python"],
+      "addLabels": ["py"]
     }
   ]
 }
@@ -2528,8 +2492,6 @@ For example to replace the npm package `jade` with version `2.0.0` of the packag
 
 Add to this object if you wish to define rules that apply only to patch updates.
 
-## php
-
 ## pin
 
 Add to this object if you wish to define rules that apply only to PRs that pin dependencies.
@@ -2864,10 +2826,6 @@ Set `pruneBranchAfterAutomerge` to `false` to keep the branch after automerging.
 Configure to `false` to disable deleting orphan branches and autoclosing PRs.
 Defaults to `true`.
 
-## python
-
-Currently the only Python package manager is `pip` - specifically for `requirements.txt` and `requirements.pip` files, or any file that matches the pattern `requirements-*.(txt|pip)` - so adding any config to this `python` object is essentially the same as adding it to the `pip_requirements` object instead.
-
 ## rangeStrategy
 
 Behavior:
@@ -3314,10 +3272,6 @@ Renovate's "rollback" feature exists to propose a downgrade to the next-highest
 Renovate does not create these rollback PRs by default, so this functionality needs to be opted-into.
 We recommend you do this selectively with `packageRules` and not globally.
 
-## ruby
-
-## rust
-
 ## schedule
 
 The `schedule` option allows you to define times of week or month for Renovate updates.
diff --git a/docs/usage/golang.md b/docs/usage/golang.md
index 64535f9499aaf1a1aa930ce9abc82909d1301e49..d9edec8e713b8f5d5f5caaff87db7ad94cbcfdad 100644
--- a/docs/usage/golang.md
+++ b/docs/usage/golang.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ description: Go modules support in Renovate
 
 Renovate supports upgrading dependencies in `go.mod` files and their accompanying `go.sum` checksums.
 
+If you're self-hosting Renovate, you may use these environment variables:
+
+- `GOPROXY`
+- `GONOPROXY`
+- `GOPRIVATE`
+- `GOINSECURE`
+
+To learn what these variables do, read the [Go Modules Reference about the`GOPROXY` protocol](https://go.dev/ref/mod#module-proxy).
+
 ## How It Works
 
 1. Renovate searches in each repository for any `go.mod` files
diff --git a/lib/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.ts.snap b/lib/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.ts.snap
index fd32097b86fbe22027fc8ed4d5177bbfc1a753b2..41f8bd389926500e8d0a69f0e172e7887d71f56e 100644
--- a/lib/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.ts.snap
@@ -167,14 +167,10 @@ exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) errors if invalid combinations
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) errors if language or manager objects are nested 1`] = `
+exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) errors if manager objects are nested 1`] = `
 [
   {
-    "message": "The "docker" object can only be configured at the top level of a config but was found inside "major.minor"",
-    "topic": "Configuration Error",
-  },
-  {
-    "message": "The "gradle" object can only be configured at the top level of a config but was found inside "java"",
+    "message": "The "gradle" object can only be configured at the top level of a config but was found inside "maven"",
     "topic": "Configuration Error",
   },
 ]
@@ -233,11 +229,11 @@ exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) returns nested errors 1`] = `
 exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) selectors outside packageRules array trigger errors 1`] = `
 [
   {
-    "message": "docker.minor.matchDepNames: matchDepNames should be inside a \`packageRule\` only",
+    "message": "ansible.minor.matchDepNames: matchDepNames should be inside a \`packageRule\` only",
     "topic": "Configuration Error",
   },
   {
-    "message": "docker.minor.matchPackageNames: matchPackageNames should be inside a \`packageRule\` only",
+    "message": "ansible.minor.matchPackageNames: matchPackageNames should be inside a \`packageRule\` only",
     "topic": "Configuration Error",
   },
   {
diff --git a/lib/config/index.ts b/lib/config/index.ts
index 886b0a688842fa2a847f86474b595db12792bc08..e612edc7de6fd4d42e42bf2b08be063fa44aa536 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { logger } from '../logger';
-import { get, getLanguageList, getManagerList } from '../modules/manager';
+import { get, getManagerList } from '../modules/manager';
 import * as options from './options';
 import type {
   AllConfig,
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@ export function getManagerConfig(
 ): ManagerConfig {
   let managerConfig: ManagerConfig = {
     ...config,
-    language: null,
     manager,
   };
-  const language = get(manager, 'language');
-  if (language) {
-    // TODO: fix types #7154
-    managerConfig = mergeChildConfig(managerConfig, config[language] as any);
-    managerConfig.language = language;
+  const categories = get(manager, 'categories');
+  if (categories) {
+    managerConfig.categories = categories;
   }
   // TODO: fix types #7154
   managerConfig = mergeChildConfig(managerConfig, config[manager] as any);
-  for (const i of getLanguageList().concat(getManagerList())) {
+  for (const i of getManagerList()) {
     delete managerConfig[i];
   }
   return managerConfig;
diff --git a/lib/config/migration.spec.ts b/lib/config/migration.spec.ts
index eae90ddd53c9feab814a4615eb68a3f600fc5b13..02efcb1ce6b321f401a2ce0d733145f0244b14b8 100644
--- a/lib/config/migration.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/config/migration.spec.ts
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ describe('config/migration', () => {
             matchBaseBranches: ['master'],
             matchDatasources: ['orb'],
             matchDepTypes: ['peerDependencies'],
-            matchLanguages: ['python'],
+            matchCategories: ['python'],
             matchManagers: ['dockerfile'],
             matchPackageNames: ['foo'],
             matchPackagePatterns: ['^bar'],
diff --git a/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.spec.ts b/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.spec.ts
index b5f6afaf7a016a2ab062c86dbcd0716e34b96596..3e6ee625006361c880b9ed0500bc01091bbb1dd2 100644
--- a/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.spec.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,54 @@ describe('config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration', () => {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it('should migrate languages to categories', () => {
+    expect(PackageRulesMigration).toMigrate(
+      {
+        packageRules: [
+          {
+            matchLanguages: ['docker', 'js'],
+            addLabels: ['docker'],
+          },
+          {
+            languages: ['java'],
+            addLabels: ['java'],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        packageRules: [
+          {
+            matchCategories: ['docker', 'js'],
+            addLabels: ['docker'],
+          },
+          {
+            matchCategories: ['java'],
+            addLabels: ['java'],
+          },
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should migrate single match rule', () => {
+    expect(PackageRulesMigration).toMigrate(
+      {
+        packageRules: [
+          {
+            matchLanguages: ['python'],
+            addLabels: ['py'],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        packageRules: [
+          {
+            matchCategories: ['python'],
+            addLabels: ['py'],
+          },
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.ts b/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.ts
index 9da8469fe3c23c2a29839a88856adadddcb92da8..a1e0712ea470dc8ffc39de3c8bef257e8394d4c3 100644
--- a/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.ts
+++ b/lib/config/migrations/custom/package-rules-migration.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export const renameMap = {
   matchFiles: 'matchFileNames',
   matchPaths: 'matchFileNames',
   paths: 'matchFileNames',
-  languages: 'matchLanguages',
+  languages: 'matchCategories',
+  matchLanguages: 'matchCategories',
   baseBranchList: 'matchBaseBranches',
   managers: 'matchManagers',
   datasources: 'matchDatasources',
diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index ee6cf0be989c9e4cde436bbb93ecf75d4c9ff2af..d5d02f1e9130cf240f16165a15235739467dd1e1 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { getManagers } from '../../modules/manager';
 import { getPlatformList } from '../../modules/platform';
 import { getVersioningList } from '../../modules/versioning';
-import * as dockerVersioning from '../../modules/versioning/docker';
 import type { RenovateOptions } from '../types';
 
 const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
@@ -994,9 +993,9 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     env: false,
   },
   {
-    name: 'matchLanguages',
+    name: 'matchCategories',
     description:
-      'List of languages to match (e.g. `["python"]`). Valid only within a `packageRules` object.',
+      'List of categories to match (for example: `["python"]`). Valid only within a `packageRules` object.',
     type: 'array',
     subType: 'string',
     allowString: true,
@@ -2079,25 +2078,6 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     cli: false,
     env: false,
   },
-  {
-    name: 'js',
-    description: 'Configuration object for JavaScript language.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'golang',
-    description: 'Configuration object for Go language.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {
-      commitMessageTopic: 'module {{depName}}',
-    },
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
   {
     name: 'postUpdateOptions',
     description:
@@ -2122,64 +2102,6 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     env: false,
     mergeable: true,
   },
-  {
-    name: 'ruby',
-    description: 'Configuration object for Ruby language.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'rust',
-    description: 'Configuration option for Rust package management.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'node',
-    description: 'Configuration object for Node version renovation.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {
-      commitMessageTopic: 'Node.js',
-    },
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'docker',
-    description: 'Configuration object for Docker language.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {
-      versioning: dockerVersioning.id,
-    },
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'php',
-    description: 'Configuration object for PHP.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'python',
-    description: 'Configuration object for Python.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
   {
     name: 'constraints',
     description:
@@ -2198,24 +2120,6 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
       'poetry',
     ],
   },
-  {
-    name: 'java',
-    description: 'Configuration object for all Java package managers.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'dotnet',
-    description: 'Configuration object for .NET language.',
-    stage: 'package',
-    type: 'object',
-    default: {},
-    mergeable: true,
-    cli: false,
-  },
   {
     name: 'hostRules',
     description: 'Host rules/configuration including credentials.',
diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
index 977e42420ddaeb94e51d948bb7904bb818861ad6..4605a2a232be9c174a094bfa14a35a4920146a84 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   },
   docker: {
     description: 'Keep Dockerfile `FROM` sources updated.',
-    docker: {
+    'docker-compose': {
+      enabled: true,
+    },
+    dockerfile: {
       enabled: true,
     },
   },
@@ -360,7 +363,10 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   },
   onlyNpm: {
     description: 'Renovate only npm dependencies.',
-    docker: {
+    'docker-compose': {
+      enabled: false,
+    },
+    dockerfile: {
       enabled: false,
     },
     meteor: {
diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/docker.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/docker.ts
index 3709be75a3f8a2c487a99b65ae37d526fd6d829a..9fcce5afe127be97ecfb23bc7af4a69ef8a7765b 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/docker.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/docker.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
       enabled: false,
     },
     description: 'Disable Docker updates.',
-    docker: {
+    'docker-compose': {
       enabled: false,
     },
-    'docker-compose': {
+    dockerfile: {
       enabled: false,
     },
   },
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   },
   pinDigests: {
     description: 'Pin Docker digests.',
-    docker: {
-      pinDigests: true,
-    },
+    packageRules: [
+      {
+        enabled: true,
+        matchDatasources: ['docker'],
+        pinDigests: true,
+      },
+    ],
   },
 };
diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/preview.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/preview.ts
index 513412af5ee824bdd21e7cf4cada539cb0fcbdbe..1644850f950a713151195c01224114f9b1ea67b6 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/preview.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/preview.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   },
   dockerVersions: {
     description: 'Upgrade Docker tags to newer versions.',
-    docker: {
+    'docker-compose': {
+      major: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+      minor: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+    dockerfile: {
       major: {
         enabled: true,
       },
diff --git a/lib/config/types.ts b/lib/config/types.ts
index cb7bb2be4090624483b9eaeabed62688bef59ad7..e597c7217d1b22064fc4ffe6dc18e991fef84f33 100644
--- a/lib/config/types.ts
+++ b/lib/config/types.ts
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ export interface PackageRule
   description?: string | string[];
   isVulnerabilityAlert?: boolean;
   matchFileNames?: string[];
-  matchLanguages?: string[];
   matchBaseBranches?: string[];
   matchManagers?: string | string[];
   matchDatasources?: string[];
@@ -341,6 +340,7 @@ export interface PackageRule
   matchSourceUrlPrefixes?: string[];
   matchSourceUrls?: string[];
   matchUpdateTypes?: UpdateType[];
+  matchCategories?: string[];
   matchConfidence?: MergeConfidence[];
   registryUrls?: string[] | null;
   vulnerabilitySeverity?: string;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ export interface PackageRuleInputConfig extends Record<string, unknown> {
   mergeConfidenceLevel?: MergeConfidence | undefined;
   isBump?: boolean;
   sourceUrl?: string | null;
-  language?: string;
+  categories?: string[];
   baseBranch?: string;
   manager?: string;
   datasource?: string;
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ export interface MigratedRenovateConfig extends RenovateConfig {
 
 export interface ManagerConfig extends RenovateConfig {
   manager: string;
-  language?: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface ValidationResult {
diff --git a/lib/config/validation.spec.ts b/lib/config/validation.spec.ts
index 1a9ad038a3d427be61fe6fbdbc37a96eb969ccc8..ca52f2919089de96a68e41533b2e1c4cf283f463 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/config/validation.spec.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe('config/validation', () => {
             },
           ],
         },
-        docker: {
+        ansible: {
           minor: {
             matchDepNames: ['meteor'],
             matchPackageNames: ['testPackage'],
@@ -631,28 +631,21 @@ describe('config/validation', () => {
       expect(warnings).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
 
-    it('errors if language or manager objects are nested', async () => {
+    it('errors if manager objects are nested', async () => {
       const config = {
-        python: {
+        pyenv: {
           enabled: false,
         },
-        java: {
+        maven: {
           gradle: {
             enabled: false,
           },
         },
-        major: {
-          minor: {
-            docker: {
-              automerge: true,
-            },
-          },
-        },
       } as never;
       const { warnings, errors } = await configValidation.validateConfig(
         config
       );
-      expect(errors).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(errors).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(warnings).toHaveLength(0);
       expect(errors).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
diff --git a/lib/config/validation.ts b/lib/config/validation.ts
index 13ddfd300706a78157df55efe81b45bc6ab59684..efc55ec8eb932c4005bfa743f29f4fca821896e9 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation.ts
+++ b/lib/config/validation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
-import { getLanguageList, getManagerList } from '../modules/manager';
+import { getManagerList } from '../modules/manager';
 import { configRegexPredicate, isConfigRegex, regEx } from '../util/regex';
 import * as template from '../util/template';
 import {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let optionParents: Record<string, RenovateOptions['parent']>;
 
 const managerList = getManagerList();
 
-const topLevelObjects = getLanguageList().concat(getManagerList());
+const topLevelObjects = managerList;
 
 const ignoredNodes = [
   '$schema',
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ export async function validateConfig(
             const selectors = [
               'matchFileNames',
               'matchLanguages',
+              'matchCategories',
               'matchBaseBranches',
               'matchManagers',
               'matchDatasources',
diff --git a/lib/constants/category.ts b/lib/constants/category.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d04ee2f6d721565ced192a451c4e6165bc6f503f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/constants/category.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export type Category =
+  | 'ansible'
+  | 'batect'
+  | 'bazel'
+  | 'c'
+  | 'cd'
+  | 'ci'
+  | 'dart'
+  | 'docker'
+  | 'dotnet'
+  | 'elixir'
+  | 'golang'
+  | 'helm'
+  | 'iac'
+  | 'java'
+  | 'js'
+  | 'kubernetes'
+  | 'node'
+  | 'php'
+  | 'python'
+  | 'ruby'
+  | 'rust'
+  | 'swift'
+  | 'terraform';
diff --git a/lib/constants/index.ts b/lib/constants/index.ts
index 9575afdf2a5cc782c3b6fd7f53983fe13a021512..cb5f74bc737bb7f0c2f31915b899d63d76000481 100644
--- a/lib/constants/index.ts
+++ b/lib/constants/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export * from './platforms';
-export * from './programming-language';
+export type * from './category';
diff --git a/lib/constants/programming-language.ts b/lib/constants/programming-language.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f2ccff6ebecd4c9e7146a211e9f1ad5353aefa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/constants/programming-language.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-export const programmingLanguages = [
-  'dart',
-  'docker',
-  'elixir',
-  'golang',
-  'java',
-  'js',
-  'dotnet',
-  'node',
-  'php',
-  'python',
-  'ruby',
-  'rust',
-] as const;
-
-export type ProgrammingLanguage = (typeof programmingLanguages)[number];
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
index 4da9a69ae2bf8df650962663125d0f0444ba58fc..f3a3994070b039682414600770e2ad5f80ea6c63 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export class GoDatasource extends Datasource {
     super(GoDatasource.id);
   }
 
+  override readonly defaultConfig = {
+    commitMessageTopic: 'module {{depName}}',
+  };
+
   override readonly customRegistrySupport = false;
 
   readonly goproxy = new GoProxyDatasource();
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/ansible-galaxy/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/ansible-galaxy/index.ts
index 426bef1ad220b018e73094be1d50d3dbf73e96ac..5b468378b3782888d9276caa10498baceb1b6ff5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/ansible-galaxy/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/ansible-galaxy/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GalaxyCollectionDatasource } from '../../datasource/galaxy-collection';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ansible', 'iac'];
+
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)requirements\\.ya?ml$', '(^|/)galaxy\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/ansible/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/ansible/index.ts
index c81d5468ca7b89a25cb27897161b1d9eec55501b..ca199ab883f4261930e09a6b7be037c9d442a038 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/ansible/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/ansible/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ansible', 'iac'];
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)tasks/[^/]+\\.ya?ml$'],
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/argocd/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/argocd/index.ts
index 01a8942ad17173587cfd729900e386165ee3222e..a31a19c0ddb90b02ca32eadf51d59dd59e0c60ca 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/argocd/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/argocd/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['kubernetes', 'cd'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   DockerDatasource.id,
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
index 8ceb6c32810ec0f144649d6ea9c9e75cd27395f6..6dffe661f22ec9d6745c41bf179732c7d4b7f28f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { AzurePipelinesTasksDatasource } from '../../datasource/azure-pipelines-tasks';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   enabled: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   AzurePipelinesTasksDatasource.id,
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/batect-wrapper/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/batect-wrapper/index.ts
index 80732b481d08a8e42b39faf5220ff6b80bcc4f14..f5ec3853589f932c993b4b9e9b45cbde8ffeeb15 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/batect-wrapper/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/batect-wrapper/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import { id as versioning } from '../../versioning/semver';
 
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['batect'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubReleasesDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/batect/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/batect/index.ts
index 466b348d0c65a5d1d7cd496dd10db6b627605fae..b08728a980e64ab0200ee571d20b0ebb41374f45 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/batect/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/batect/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { extractAllPackageFiles, extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)batect(-bundle)?\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['batect'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GitTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/index.ts
index 3ff48cfeab9e4a8c6808bd9624cdc30d811ba60e..77b156c93b3469e074513fbbb5b3bd8a01506956 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)WORKSPACE(|\\.bazel)$', '\\.bzl$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['bazel'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   DockerDatasource.id,
   GithubReleasesDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
index 350125b3b3a06c7ab8ee6e88a33e1e0c34058ed7..cf40a76e5b67e0097d49c5c1f7860ef2891ca824 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['bazel'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubReleasesDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bitbucket-pipelines/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bitbucket-pipelines/index.ts
index 86d39fd3e9f2e3fe8fcdff6e840c5f04e07ef0bc..3d40503ce98119be3bee1442fd86ddb340376091 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bitbucket-pipelines/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bitbucket-pipelines/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.?bitbucket-pipelines\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
 
 export const urls = [
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/buildkite/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/buildkite/index.ts
index d50a6e18b8d0c13cbddda6cb2d53050dfb40dc63..1a2d2d784de100710257c306e618ae68dc884c4a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/buildkite/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/buildkite/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
     'to {{#if isMajor}}{{{prettyNewMajor}}}{{else}}{{{newValue}}}{{/if}}',
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bundler/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bundler/index.ts
index aeaba3cec117f14200caf36d90156348ff681703..722343267bd1c692f5f0a88fe478d2d55cfd3ce8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bundler/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bundler/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { RubyVersionDatasource } from '../../datasource/ruby-version';
 import { RubyGemsDatasource } from '../../datasource/rubygems';
 import * as rubyVersioning from '../../versioning/ruby';
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 import { updateLockedDependency } from './update-locked';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'ruby';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 /*
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: rubyVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ruby'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   RubyGemsDatasource.id,
   RubyVersionDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/cake/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/cake/index.ts
index 15de141e3568e6e6647b8f36cdf0433544ffb665..2687374f93c20b08bc3125fd570af0b1c7c3aea7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/cake/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/cake/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import moo from 'moo';
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
 import { NugetDatasource } from '../../datasource/nuget';
 import type { PackageDependency, PackageFileContent } from '../types';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'dotnet';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['\\.cake$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['dotnet'];
+
 const lexer = moo.states({
   main: {
     lineComment: { match: /\/\/.*?$/ }, // TODO #12870
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/cargo/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/cargo/index.ts
index 45ee9c4fada786cc9b86c9cc5cba04b38055b284..e529bd2bed1864d198389adcff3dcd43ed0609a8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/cargo/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/cargo/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { CrateDatasource } from '../../datasource/crate';
 import * as cargoVersioning from '../../versioning/cargo';
 import { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export { getRangeStrategy } from './range';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'rust';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export { extractPackageFile, updateArtifacts };
@@ -16,4 +15,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: cargoVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['rust'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [CrateDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/cdnurl/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/cdnurl/index.ts
index 5480906fbf9d533459d12513a7c4db054e531501..574dc5cc1b577c86ae93adc92591258c81b4cab5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/cdnurl/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/cdnurl/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { CdnJsDatasource } from '../../datasource/cdnjs';
 import * as semverVersioning from '../../versioning/semver';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: semverVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [CdnJsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/circleci/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/circleci/index.ts
index 02ef7c70aeab1b414396d69c43326d8b673541b2..3c2fb9b0532b2340fe212350e554a60bb713187e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/circleci/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/circleci/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { OrbDatasource } from '../../datasource/orb';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -12,4 +13,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.circleci/config\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id, OrbDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/cloudbuild/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/cloudbuild/index.ts
index 979535276ccc5d2579f10fcb407b94528b9dcfd1..20b9917a5a609d72f847e1c4bfebc08060b5d576 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/cloudbuild/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/cloudbuild/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)cloudbuild\\.ya?ml'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/cocoapods/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/cocoapods/index.ts
index 93783b6c60bba7c6e9aba1b18da4c9b8aaef087f..a83053af0d62729e75bbae1ac5cab4594a703dff 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/cocoapods/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/cocoapods/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { GitlabTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/gitlab-tags';
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: rubyVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['swift'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
   GithubTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/composer/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/composer/index.ts
index 54289b897691684260316dd483e65e5b555abca8..9561047cc2ee778a50ac6a71ce12f76154f4c3cb 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/composer/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/composer/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { PackagistDatasource } from '../../datasource/packagist';
 import { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { getRangeStrategy } from './range';
 import { updateLockedDependency } from './update-locked';
 import { composerVersioningId } from './utils';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'php';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export {
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: composerVersioningId,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['php'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
   PackagistDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/conan/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/conan/index.ts
index 3dc5571dedc4c7b7845039f6aa4c59bffc7b6525..79ea56354424fb5569979fb736f7f24e0ef91989 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/conan/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/conan/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 export { getRangeStrategy } from './range';
 import { ConanDatasource } from '../../datasource/conan';
 import * as conan from '../../versioning/conan';
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   enabled: false, // See https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/14170
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['c'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [ConanDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/deps-edn/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/deps-edn/index.ts
index 56aec50fd53aee7f3b03065a6654631ee8238bcc..d9c58b1e6ecbe88c1b86c4f93c25701ffc3ef80f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/deps-edn/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/deps-edn/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { ClojureDatasource } from '../../datasource/clojure';
 import * as mavenVersioning from '../../versioning/maven';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: mavenVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [ClojureDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/docker-compose/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/docker-compose/index.ts
index 69d28ba6a35a3349579a2093259cd244cc8534b2..925c71d8b285a6736b692fd9155d1a3a5453d9ef 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/docker-compose/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/docker-compose/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export { extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)(?:docker-)?compose[^/]*\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['docker'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/dockerfile/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/dockerfile/index.ts
index febfd35a2a88d6e29f23e55e22f24904029694ca..1e68c3ead0d2bdc198155646d77820e4b4f960aa 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/dockerfile/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/dockerfile/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export { extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
@@ -13,4 +11,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   ],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['docker'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/droneci/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/droneci/index.ts
index d7e7fa405c5fc77a41b858fb0d4689a9e82fef77..fa08c4599ee95b6b263ddd86fb992e11cfef2af1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/droneci/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/droneci/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export { extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.drone\\.yml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/fleet/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/fleet/index.ts
index c864589db2f32c553bc2399f53eefda11373be1e..e6368fc46df7c082413b7c5aaf7c9d68ad4aabb9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/fleet/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/fleet/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
+export const displayName = 'Rancher Fleet';
+
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)fleet\\.ya?ml'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GitTagsDatasource.id, HelmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/flux/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/flux/index.ts
index 58d21b8673d27f1f1a233c9f5e2ecbd008f219a0..b693db339e92a88fed6a44e95a05db26b52be686 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/flux/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/flux/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { BitbucketTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/bitbucket-tags';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { GitRefsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-refs';
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [systemManifestRegex],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   GithubReleasesDatasource.id,
   GitRefsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
index c2d7ad80bb6e42ae273f1f66b84c5dc359de37ac..254cc35903d9aedc30e4fce61326d4df59ed684c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
-
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   ],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
index f7ecdd51105538db06ada68b4e8aafb6754837e2..77d8f5fa5cb09cd3d350076d4dc777a974856a49 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitlabTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/gitlab-tags';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['\\.gitlab-ci\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GitlabTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
index 3e74df89d6eb8a665dc4bf4453e33829ebc0d9f9..71946b1b4aaa99b968ddf0c832c7bc3b015fd994 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractAllPackageFiles, extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export { extractAllPackageFiles, extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['\\.gitlab-ci\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/index.ts
index 8736edae9ba8a814392e8f9b13e25c74ac0d32b7..c807338a890610c124268b4ef08deeae1685115c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GoDatasource } from '../../datasource/go';
 import { GolangVersionDatasource } from '../../datasource/golang-version';
 import { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ export { extractPackageFile, updateDependency, updateArtifacts };
 export const displayName = 'Go Modules';
 export const url = 'https://go.dev/ref/mod';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'golang';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)go\\.mod$'],
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['golang'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   GoDatasource.id,
   GolangVersionDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/index.ts
index 76fae92837e5c934eb67eec86b7e2f6139696553..1aa27107aa3e43a61be54b2180932baccb6b95be 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GradleVersionDatasource } from '../../datasource/gradle-version';
 import { id as versioning } from '../../versioning/gradle';
 
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GradleVersionDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/index.ts
index 82419fa6f81868e269e234c276d4a6a3b68a7ebe..7723ce27f10fe6f4353c00e4261aff78dda18c93 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 import * as gradleVersioning from '../../versioning/gradle';
 
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export { extractAllPackageFiles } from './extract';
 export { updateDependency } from './update';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'java';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
@@ -24,4 +23,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: gradleVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [MavenDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/helm-requirements/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/helm-requirements/index.ts
index 7c4a02772d1021d49416f170bc4bdba4a093fa86..84752392a41f1c513fb03f226bd80aa195b46f12 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/helm-requirements/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/helm-requirements/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)requirements\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['helm', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [HelmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/helm-values/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/helm-values/index.ts
index a9ef8d535341d4cdcc0724d0cc55d6c3505a6182..6d96f591c1b390ed2c080e064a946748b68d2fc8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/helm-values/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/helm-values/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -7,4 +8,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['helm', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/helmfile/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/helmfile/index.ts
index 0c17191ac59b5ff391c07a26b04bf49b7f22e2f4..c491b44f9c0a3e69175466c1b9eff6c0cec919ec 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/helmfile/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/helmfile/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -13,4 +14,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)helmfile\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd', 'helm', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [HelmDatasource.id, DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/helmsman/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/helmsman/index.ts
index 9f0cf9c133872299bfeea8bb90efba48e6c1db31..6a6b47e8238904e7f962c07d758e34bb051c74b6 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/helmsman/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/helmsman/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -5,4 +6,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd', 'helm', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [HelmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/helmv3/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/helmv3/index.ts
index a84cbb47b44f349b6e2f552da275e8cbd2b69ba1..30d8b5e17f3281c91413159f36cf6f3c41d47dd2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/helmv3/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/helmv3/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
@@ -14,4 +15,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)Chart\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['helm', 'kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id, HelmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/html/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/html/index.ts
index c196d4af869ec4fba08c93801ba7a00ec30c461a..ad6e2a725347e137d01131d1f687d343f59004ca 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/html/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/html/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { CdnJsDatasource } from '../../datasource/cdnjs';
 import * as semverVersioning from '../../versioning/semver';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -13,4 +14,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['cd'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [CdnJsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/index.spec.ts
index 720a49b0e745da960c240d97472691c514fdb3c9..b60cebaae9d4faf68103c1afa8a516a05292bf98 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/index.spec.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ describe('modules/manager/index', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('getLanguageList()', () => {
-    it('gets', () => {
-      expect(manager.getLanguageList()).not.toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('getManagerList()', () => {
     it('gets', () => {
       expect(manager.getManagerList()).not.toBeNull();
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
index 26befb170ef57bdca6afc4e29d33febf6bf51a60..3d35007dc90841e071b594c42621b6223544995b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { programmingLanguages } from '../../constants';
 import type { RangeStrategy } from '../../types';
 import managers from './api';
 import type {
@@ -13,15 +12,12 @@ import type {
 export { hashMap } from './fingerprint.generated';
 const managerList = Array.from(managers.keys());
 
-const languageList = programmingLanguages.concat();
-
 export function get<T extends keyof ManagerApi>(
   manager: string,
   name: T
 ): ManagerApi[T] | undefined {
   return managers.get(manager)?.[name];
 }
-export const getLanguageList = (): string[] => languageList;
 export const getManagerList = (): string[] => managerList;
 export const getManagers = (): Map<string, ManagerApi> => managers;
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/jenkins/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/jenkins/index.ts
index afe5c649940d34711281dcff175fbff6f21336e6..e5b0293a1c85768710eafe58e69fe87d35a4a09c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/jenkins/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/jenkins/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { JenkinsPluginsDatasource } from '../../datasource/jenkins-plugins';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -5,4 +6,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)plugins\\.(txt|ya?ml)$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [JenkinsPluginsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/jsonnet-bundler/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/jsonnet-bundler/index.ts
index fec3158e0dbe5363935a89305d26d7003a9c1516..4afada49d83088ef0e223ca3e6d9f4a483504c6c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/jsonnet-bundler/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/jsonnet-bundler/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -9,4 +10,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   datasource: GitTagsDatasource.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GitTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/kotlin-script/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/kotlin-script/index.ts
index dbded231b6b2969c835da3361f5d17252fc1b04a..ed2c56080cf01b96de7e9677fa3ac413db33d944 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/kotlin-script/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/kotlin-script/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -6,4 +7,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['^.+\\.main\\.kts$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [MavenDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/kubernetes/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/kubernetes/index.ts
index 1ab2c8dc6d70b32c9e87a6fae91b087932c5dbff..fb62f3e611eb166ed1377471c2f3af497d45c792 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/kubernetes/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/kubernetes/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { KubernetesApiDatasource } from '../../datasource/kubernetes-api';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   DockerDatasource.id,
   KubernetesApiDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/kustomize/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/kustomize/index.ts
index 9ec98a09bab73ba383e74e59782f6fb449782184..57b287b5da8fee613b0116cd6f967db3c57240af 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/kustomize/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/kustomize/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['kubernetes'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   DockerDatasource.id,
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/leiningen/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/leiningen/index.ts
index 831fa32857badf934b5fe4f409d84aa2aa90a35c..701776c0c29917f799b4fe41ab01ba8647624369 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/leiningen/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/leiningen/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { ClojureDatasource } from '../../datasource/clojure';
 import * as mavenVersioning from '../../versioning/maven';
 
@@ -8,4 +9,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: mavenVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [ClojureDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/maven/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/maven/index.ts
index b6feaa85f9967307d1768b70062f97ef0bdce52a..8d12ca432bb60642800aa7962861967912b39f35 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/maven/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/maven/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 import * as mavenVersioning from '../../versioning/maven';
 
 export { extractAllPackageFiles } from './extract';
 export { bumpPackageVersion, updateDependency } from './update';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'java';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/|\\.)pom\\.xml$', '^(((\\.mvn)|(\\.m2))/)?settings\\.xml$'],
   versioning: mavenVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [MavenDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/meteor/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/meteor/index.ts
index a1826cc334e2a909a0cd0b6429f972d1607d95da..4c2ddbbbec2e1e95eadfaca3c77970f0842e066b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/meteor/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/meteor/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { NpmDatasource } from '../../datasource/npm';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'js';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)package\\.js$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['js'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [NpmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/mint/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/mint/index.ts
index fffd5aadb1ddf5f23b96a901a0ff3393e45a8b7d..2301dbd9a08f44200f129b1769922bb32245d3af 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/mint/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/mint/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 
 export const displayName = 'Mint';
@@ -5,6 +6,8 @@ export const url = 'https://github.com/yonaskolb/Mint';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['swift'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GitTagsDatasource.id];
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/mix/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/mix/index.ts
index f48c01ae2529d13297d23c1636b5f989edbd9d51..99712934c950214aa7d188b59a17bd9a68b6e96a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/mix/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/mix/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { HexDatasource } from '../../datasource/hex';
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import * as hexVersioning from '../../versioning/hex';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'elixir';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)mix\\.exs$'],
   versioning: hexVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['elixir'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   GithubTagsDatasource.id,
   GitTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/nodenv/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/nodenv/index.ts
index 093d18e922faee50d2a129b39516f95e98a2e49f..7343b6aced2cdbbd233632b06686c71d5db21d3d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/nodenv/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/nodenv/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import * as nodeVersioning from '../../versioning/node';
 
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export const displayName = 'nodenv';
 export const url = 'https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'node';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.node-version$'],
   versioning: nodeVersioning.id,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['js', 'node'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/npm/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/npm/index.ts
index 9d309bd8a23348256dd782cdb25c71ad04fe0f2a..26b11772e3dbf396d1092d2238e9c41eef329fe5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/npm/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/npm/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { NpmDatasource } from '../../datasource/npm';
 import * as npmVersioning from '../../versioning/npm';
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export {
 } from './update';
 export { getRangeStrategy } from './range';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'js';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
@@ -30,4 +29,6 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   },
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['js'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id, NpmDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/nuget/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/nuget/index.ts
index c34ca3a67d8e781eb4a39a775759b1a9423d2d68..88e1ccdc01066b9b67e797c054fd923444c55d69 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/nuget/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/nuget/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DotnetVersionDatasource } from '../../datasource/dotnet-version';
 import { NugetDatasource } from '../../datasource/nuget';
 
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 export { bumpPackageVersion } from './update';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'dotnet';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [
     '\\.(?:cs|fs|vb)proj$',
@@ -17,6 +15,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   ],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['dotnet'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   DotnetVersionDatasource.id,
   NugetDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/nvm/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/nvm/index.ts
index 0c9001f40c0a3bc3c756d0c20e70ad3671bae519..0354ac17c1a358dc3210e3a2c7a75230c0cd6cc2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/nvm/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/nvm/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import * as nodeVersioning from '../../versioning/node';
 
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export const displayName = 'nvm';
 export const url = 'https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'node';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.nvmrc$'],
   versioning: nodeVersioning.id,
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['js', 'node'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/osgi/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/osgi/index.ts
index 3fc0a553f3032b71ba72818f1c12d144d1b1cdfb..01c8aaba95c8aa1b2a815d1031e0362fa66c3fcc 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/osgi/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/osgi/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
 import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'java';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)src/main/features/.+\\.json$'],
 };
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/index.ts
index fdde176cb50f3436bd0e9e63ed4180c17475a94c..dac650f2bcb3603c5ebf85c751d79f682050260e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from '../pip_requirements/extract';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id];
@@ -17,3 +16,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
     commitMessageAction: 'Refresh pip-compile outputs',
   },
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pip_requirements/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pip_requirements/index.ts
index 6140bdd15f788dc16d8d90befeecae9f781d8fd0..537d4a510fef25b9e7247d680e65277bdf33917f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pip_requirements/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pip_requirements/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)[\\w-]*requirements(-\\w+)?\\.(txt|pip)$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id, GitTagsDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pip_setup/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pip_setup/index.ts
index 0e3a926f9cc0f4c7b8580cffbbd6994343ac9780..e71fb6f9d2199d6de096793008a6dffb14ec07d7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pip_setup/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pip_setup/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)setup\\.py$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pipenv/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pipenv/index.ts
index 857579477d700fbf64d82d75e1244be5be9de146..3635d76857ce44585138ea228cd96d98f78e115f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pipenv/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pipenv/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export { updateArtifacts } from './artifacts';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id];
@@ -12,3 +11,5 @@ export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id];
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)Pipfile$'],
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/poetry/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/poetry/index.ts
index 3655fea38af505c30b878c4404d2cf14a902addd..1ad1b1912875038be8a530434b318776a1bec7e4 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/poetry/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/poetry/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ export const supportedDatasources = [
   GithubTagsDatasource.id,
 ];
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)pyproject\\.toml$'],
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pub/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pub/index.ts
index 898e82a42a2b6a16f44b34ad45b2f895c118ffd9..dd4c435815d638c0e0b2057f91481e1f17d809e8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pub/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pub/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DartDatasource } from '../../datasource/dart';
 import * as npmVersioning from '../../versioning/npm';
 
@@ -11,3 +12,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)pubspec\\.ya?ml$'],
   versioning: npmVersioning.id,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['dart'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/puppet/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/puppet/index.ts
index 2b0735bb4c4c936e8de814979d5582d4213f012e..f88158741b01ad6d61cedfaaa3b917af76b5741d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/puppet/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/puppet/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { PuppetForgeDatasource } from '../../datasource/puppet-forge';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'ruby';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)Puppetfile$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['iac', 'ruby'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [
   PuppetForgeDatasource.id,
   GithubTagsDatasource.id,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pyenv/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pyenv/index.ts
index 59d75f11cd74c851bb2bcb23eaac35a84768ccfc..12b668b638cacaa48f0535b8aa20a8e320ef1852 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pyenv/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pyenv/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import * as dockerVersioning from '../../versioning/docker';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
-
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.python-version$'],
   versioning: dockerVersioning.id,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/ruby-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/ruby-version/index.ts
index 68eaee26ae194749c98d04419af022acf0b4542a..ad8aabd5dbd393e09b9386f4f60e3e8312ce963e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/ruby-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/ruby-version/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { RubyVersionDatasource } from '../../datasource/ruby-version';
 import * as rubyVersioning from '../../versioning/ruby';
 
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const supportedDatasources = [RubyVersionDatasource.id];
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'ruby';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.ruby-version$'],
   versioning: rubyVersioning.id,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ruby'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/index.ts
index 111c1e52e5da6b45225d6629bcfce8d7e26e4cc6..6465410fd615db1d7a88af3c541a74f9d45b7c85 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 import { SbtPackageDatasource } from '../../datasource/sbt-package';
@@ -22,3 +23,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   ],
   versioning: ivyVersioning.id,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['java'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/index.ts
index c8b40c2a0c723863c87610dd48290c923861b83c..b8c603b797d20546631044971533ffa31dccb8c2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 import { id as versioning } from '../../versioning/pep440';
 
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const supportedDatasources = [PypiDatasource.id];
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'python';
-
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)setup\\.cfg$'],
   versioning,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['python'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/swift/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/swift/index.ts
index bbb83400ecc243dd4fe6f738ca16e3c6cdca1846..dbabb946047174e34fc60734933a298807595736 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/swift/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/swift/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import * as swiftVersioning from '../../versioning/swift';
 
@@ -14,3 +15,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: swiftVersioning.id,
   pinDigests: false,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['swift'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/tekton/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/tekton/index.ts
index d68cf8e0703bb8fda4375fc008fcef7521ee9f1c..a578c6f00619c301b4c9bcf88381d8358abbedad 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/tekton/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/tekton/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
@@ -5,6 +6,8 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci', 'cd'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
 
 export { extractPackageFile };
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/terraform-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/terraform-version/index.ts
index 0f753ba3af381811952c12ca368e91e288ab62f2..bd91323f4bc4444dd6404067f75e4d0d954124e2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/terraform-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/terraform-version/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import * as hashicorpVersioning from '../../versioning/hashicorp';
 
@@ -10,3 +11,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: hashicorpVersioning.id,
   extractVersion: '^v(?<version>.*)$',
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['terraform'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
index d429e781909add1cc39df061c744466159a02450..1e67fe9d78d8af029d5a6e032b747fa2ed755a24 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { BitbucketTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/bitbucket-tags';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
@@ -28,3 +29,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['\\.tf$'],
   pinDigests: false,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['iac', 'terraform'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt-version/index.ts
index a1286d9721980d1968c22505e2ab09ee24a5df0b..2e5225ea0b9f99771bc1fc2e1358b549c02363fa 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt-version/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import * as hashicorpVersioning from '../../versioning/hashicorp';
 
@@ -10,3 +11,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   versioning: hashicorpVersioning.id,
   extractVersion: '^v(?<version>.+)$',
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['terraform'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt/index.ts
index 39d6faf56e7fc3b41e61520efe6059b43e61c871..58864cf7f570857f46fea1418e854170e4a8f677 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/terragrunt/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { TerraformModuleDatasource } from '../../datasource/terraform-module';
@@ -16,3 +17,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   commitMessageTopic: 'Terragrunt dependency {{depName}}',
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)terragrunt\\.hcl$'],
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['iac', 'terraform'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/tflint-plugin/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/tflint-plugin/index.ts
index 2c17316cf35f2ebf4efd5998aaf92a826be95ca9..893fb9adab915186202763d1ec9487176e05c2de 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/tflint-plugin/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/tflint-plugin/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['terraform'];
+
 // Only from GitHub Releases: https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint/blob/master/docs/developer-guide/plugins.md#4-creating-a-github-release
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubReleasesDatasource.id];
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/travis/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/travis/index.ts
index 4bf39140df7e3f4fb70844c3c5d2d3642ef16dd4..048cc096f236d3ec2d9427c88a3df7a99261e94d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/travis/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/travis/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import * as nodeVersioning from '../../versioning/node';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'node';
-
 export const supportedDatasources = [GithubTagsDatasource.id];
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
@@ -15,3 +13,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
   },
   versioning: nodeVersioning.id,
 };
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
index 311288b6bf9369e280eaf516da655298a9f16815..de83d46ec6f272af2026d13cec6c17faf877c3f3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   UpdateType,
   ValidationMessage,
 } from '../../config/types';
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../constants';
 import type { ModuleApi, RangeStrategy, SkipReason } from '../../types';
 import type { FileChange } from '../../util/git/types';
 import type { MergeConfidence } from '../../util/merge-confidence/types';
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ export interface GlobalManagerConfig {
 
 export interface ManagerApi extends ModuleApi {
   defaultConfig: Record<string, unknown>;
-  language?: ProgrammingLanguage;
+
+  categories?: Category[];
   supportsLockFileMaintenance?: boolean;
 
   supportedDatasources: string[];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/velaci/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/velaci/index.ts
index 4b81226c2eb991a2c556b9d01a2ef07024aa0425..cc469f0d81c992cb46739ac650d3ea700fea2dce 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/velaci/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/velaci/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
@@ -10,3 +11,5 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
 };
 
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
+
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/woodpecker/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/woodpecker/index.ts
index 07a0c38a5c77029febe78554f2b9ef1a3e0de287..67d4f616c409eb99e3427134e3a406dc8548a881 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/woodpecker/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/woodpecker/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import type { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../../../constants';
+import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { DockerDatasource } from '../../datasource/docker';
 import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
-export const language: ProgrammingLanguage = 'docker';
-
 export { extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['^\\.woodpecker(?:/[^/]+)?\\.ya?ml$'],
 };
 
+export const categories: Category[] = ['ci'];
+
 export const supportedDatasources = [DockerDatasource.id];
diff --git a/lib/util/package-rules/categories.ts b/lib/util/package-rules/categories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e53f60665582bda6cbbb55c29597fa0d77fdebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/package-rules/categories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
+import type { PackageRule, PackageRuleInputConfig } from '../../config/types';
+import { Matcher } from './base';
+
+export class CategoriesMatcher extends Matcher {
+  override matches(
+    { categories }: PackageRuleInputConfig,
+    { matchCategories }: PackageRule
+  ): boolean | null {
+    if (is.nullOrUndefined(matchCategories)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (is.nullOrUndefined(categories)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return matchCategories.some((value) => categories.includes(value));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/util/package-rules/index.spec.ts b/lib/util/package-rules/index.spec.ts
index e34456503d66d28abedb934cafa642eeea9f74e0..79f29d7815ebdc6ad24a0d1e7a606abdc49028b6 100644
--- a/lib/util/package-rules/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/util/package-rules/index.spec.ts
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     };
     const dep = {
       depType: 'dependencies',
-      language: 'js',
       manager: 'meteor',
       depName: 'node',
     };
@@ -318,6 +317,7 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     const dep = {
       depType: 'dependencies',
       language: 'python',
+      categories: ['python'],
       manager: 'pipenv',
       depName: 'node',
     };
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     expect(res.x).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('filters languages with matching language', () => {
+  it('filters categories with matching category', () => {
     const config: TestConfig = {
       packageRules: [
         {
-          matchLanguages: ['js', 'node'],
+          matchCategories: ['node'],
           matchPackageNames: ['node'],
           x: 1,
         },
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     };
     const dep = {
       depType: 'dependencies',
-      language: 'js',
+      categories: ['javascript', 'node'],
       manager: 'meteor',
       depName: 'node',
     };
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     expect(res.x).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  it('filters languages with non-matching language', () => {
+  it('filters categories with non-matching category', () => {
     const config: TestConfig = {
       packageRules: [
         {
-          matchLanguages: ['docker'],
+          matchCategories: ['docker'],
           matchPackageNames: ['node'],
           x: 1,
         },
@@ -357,7 +357,25 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
     };
     const dep = {
       depType: 'dependencies',
-      language: 'python',
+      categories: ['python'],
+      manager: 'pipenv',
+      depName: 'node',
+    };
+    const res = applyPackageRules({ ...config, ...dep });
+    expect(res.x).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('filters categories with undefined category', () => {
+    const config: TestConfig = {
+      packageRules: [
+        {
+          matchCategories: ['docker'],
+          x: 1,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const dep = {
+      depType: 'dependencies',
       manager: 'pipenv',
       depName: 'node',
     };
@@ -1069,7 +1087,7 @@ describe('util/package-rules/index', () => {
       packageRules: [
         {
           matchPackageNames: ['abc'],
-          matchLanguages: ['js'],
+          matchCategories: ['js'],
           x: 1,
         },
       ],
diff --git a/lib/util/package-rules/languages.ts b/lib/util/package-rules/languages.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 674963d881d6d5e1e1f11a6732ef58e11b141d71..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/util/package-rules/languages.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
-import type { PackageRule, PackageRuleInputConfig } from '../../config/types';
-import { Matcher } from './base';
-
-export class LanguagesMatcher extends Matcher {
-  override matches(
-    { language }: PackageRuleInputConfig,
-    { matchLanguages }: PackageRule
-  ): boolean | null {
-    if (is.undefined(matchLanguages)) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    if (is.undefined(language)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return matchLanguages.includes(language);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/util/package-rules/matchers.ts b/lib/util/package-rules/matchers.ts
index dd2672c777b678a4fa0bd572ef681b705317df81..a6966583e25be0445731c1cd75ead45295cfcdab 100644
--- a/lib/util/package-rules/matchers.ts
+++ b/lib/util/package-rules/matchers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseBranchesMatcher } from './base-branches';
+import { CategoriesMatcher } from './categories';
 import { CurrentValueMatcher } from './current-value';
 import { CurrentVersionMatcher } from './current-version';
 import { DatasourcesMatcher } from './datasources';
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import { DepNameMatcher } from './dep-names';
 import { DepPatternsMatcher } from './dep-patterns';
 import { DepTypesMatcher } from './dep-types';
 import { FileNamesMatcher } from './files';
-import { LanguagesMatcher } from './languages';
 import { ManagersMatcher } from './managers';
 import { MergeConfidenceMatcher } from './merge-confidence';
 import { PackageNameMatcher } from './package-names';
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ matchers.push([
 ]);
 matchers.push([new FileNamesMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new DepTypesMatcher()]);
-matchers.push([new LanguagesMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new BaseBranchesMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new ManagersMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new DatasourcesMatcher()]);
@@ -39,3 +38,4 @@ matchers.push([new MergeConfidenceMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new SourceUrlsMatcher(), new SourceUrlPrefixesMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new CurrentValueMatcher()]);
 matchers.push([new CurrentVersionMatcher()]);
+matchers.push([new CategoriesMatcher()]);
diff --git a/lib/workers/types.ts b/lib/workers/types.ts
index 1313fa33081a45ba220bf38fa6234a60aae9c692..3df5bb85795dd8cb934184ab7992f9e28ef9e033 100644
--- a/lib/workers/types.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/types.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ export interface BranchUpgradeConfig
   group?: GroupConfig;
   groupName?: string;
   groupSlug?: string;
-  language?: string;
   manager: string;
   packageFile?: string;
   lockFile?: string;
diff --git a/tools/docs/manager.ts b/tools/docs/manager.ts
index 03f089130f72636afac6acb54b7b0e4eafeb4e00..236bfdafd232de3edda1782edbc0654922bd5997 100644
--- a/tools/docs/manager.ts
+++ b/tools/docs/manager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
   replaceContent,
 } from './utils';
 
+const noCategoryDisplayName = 'no-category';
+
 function getTitle(manager: string, displayName: string): string {
   if (manager === 'regex') {
     return `Custom Manager Support using Regex`;
@@ -26,19 +28,37 @@ export async function generateManagers(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const managers = getManagers();
 
-  const allLanguages: Record<string, string[]> = {};
+  const allCategories: Record<string, string[]> = {};
+
   for (const [manager, definition] of managers) {
-    const language = definition.language ?? 'other';
-    allLanguages[language] = allLanguages[language] || [];
-    allLanguages[language].push(manager);
     const { defaultConfig, supportedDatasources, urls } = definition;
     const { fileMatch } = defaultConfig as RenovateConfig;
     const displayName = getDisplayName(manager, definition);
+
+    const categories = definition.categories ?? [noCategoryDisplayName];
+    for (const category of categories) {
+      allCategories[category] ??= [];
+      allCategories[category].push(manager);
+    }
+
     let md = `---
 title: ${getTitle(manager, displayName)}
 sidebar_label: ${displayName}
 ---
 `;
+    md += '**Categories**: ';
+    if (categories.length) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) {
+        const category = categories[i];
+        if (i < categories.length - 1) {
+          md += `\`${category}\`, `;
+        } else {
+          md += `\`${category}\``;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    md += '\n\n';
+
     if (manager !== 'regex') {
       const nameWithUrl = getNameWithUrl(manager, definition);
       md += `Renovate supports updating ${nameWithUrl} dependencies.\n\n`;
@@ -96,19 +116,21 @@ sidebar_label: ${displayName}
 
     await updateFile(`${dist}/modules/manager/${manager}/index.md`, md);
   }
-  const languages = Object.keys(allLanguages).filter(
-    (language) => language !== 'other'
+
+  // add noCategoryDisplayName as last option
+  const categories = Object.keys(allCategories).filter(
+    (category) => category !== noCategoryDisplayName
   );
-  languages.sort();
-  languages.push('other');
-  let languageText = '\n';
+  categories.sort();
+  categories.push(noCategoryDisplayName);
+  let categoryText = '\n';
 
-  for (const language of languages) {
-    languageText += `**${language}**: `;
-    languageText += allLanguages[language].map(getManagerLink).join(', ');
-    languageText += '\n\n';
+  for (const category of categories) {
+    categoryText += `**${category}**: `;
+    categoryText += allCategories[category].map(getManagerLink).join(', ');
+    categoryText += '\n\n';
   }
   let indexContent = await readFile(`docs/usage/modules/manager/index.md`);
-  indexContent = replaceContent(indexContent, languageText);
+  indexContent = replaceContent(indexContent, categoryText);
   await updateFile(`${dist}/modules/manager/index.md`, indexContent);
 }