diff --git a/src/lib/server/db/index.ts b/src/lib/server/db/index.ts
index ed039cc..c6e768f 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/db/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { initializeFleetSettings } from './fleet-settings.js';
 import { migrateServerHistory } from './server-history.js';
 import { migrateNativeInstances } from '../backends/schema.js';
 import { installPerformanceIndexes } from './performance-indexes.js';
+import { migrateVersionLayout } from './version-layout.js';
 import { timeStatement } from './slow-statements.js';
 
 let _db: Database.Database | null = null;
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ export function db(): Database.Database {
         backfillLeaderboard(handle);
         initializeFleetSettings(handle);
         migrateNativeInstances(handle);
+        migrateVersionLayout(handle);
         // Lifecycle history is retained indefinitely. Admission and status reads
         // must narrow by server or active state instead of scanning that history.
         // Install after migrations that rebuild this table or add server_deleted_at.
diff --git a/src/lib/server/db/schema.sql b/src/lib/server/db/schema.sql
index 2abdea6..46c81b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/db/schema.sql
+++ b/src/lib/server/db/schema.sql
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS script_versions (
     release_version TEXT,                         -- publisher's version/tag, independent of upload order
     sha256       TEXT NOT NULL,
     size         INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    content      BLOB NOT NULL,
     notes        TEXT,
     state        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'untested',   -- 'untested' | 'tested' | 'test-failed'
     kind         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'script',     -- denormalized from scripts.kind for join-free filtering
     uploaded_at  TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ','now')),
+    content      BLOB NOT NULL,
     UNIQUE(script_id, version)
 );
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_script_versions_script ON script_versions(script_id);
diff --git a/src/lib/server/db/version-layout.ts b/src/lib/server/db/version-layout.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbfb5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/db/version-layout.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import type Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+
+/** Keep metadata ahead of overflow pages, preserving IDs and all references. */
+export function migrateVersionLayout(handle: Database.Database): void {
+    const columns = handle.pragma('table_info(script_versions)') as { name: string }[];
+    if (columns.at(-1)?.name === 'content') return;
+    const { sql } = handle.prepare("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='script_versions'").get() as { sql: string };
+    const content = /\bcontent\s+BLOB\s+NOT\s+NULL\s*,/i;
+    if (!content.test(sql)) throw new Error('Unrecognized script version content layout');
+    const replacement = sql.replace(content, '').replace(/,\s*UNIQUE\s*\(/i, ', content BLOB NOT NULL, UNIQUE(')
+        .replace('script_versions', 'script_versions_metadata');
+    const dependents = handle.prepare("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='script_versions' AND type IN ('index','trigger') AND sql IS NOT NULL")
+        .all() as { sql: string }[];
+    const sequence = handle.prepare("SELECT seq FROM sqlite_sequence WHERE name='script_versions'").get() as { seq: number } | undefined;
+    handle.pragma('foreign_keys = OFF');
+    try {
+        handle.transaction(() => {
+            handle.exec(replacement);
+            const names = columns.map(column => `"${column.name}"`).join(',');
+            handle.exec(`INSERT INTO script_versions_metadata (${names}) SELECT ${names} FROM script_versions;
+                DROP TABLE script_versions; ALTER TABLE script_versions_metadata RENAME TO script_versions;`);
+            if (sequence) handle.prepare("UPDATE sqlite_sequence SET seq=MAX(seq,?) WHERE name='script_versions'").run(sequence.seq);
+            for (const dependent of dependents) handle.exec(dependent.sql);
+            if ((handle.pragma('foreign_key_check') as unknown[]).length) throw new Error('Version layout migration found broken references');
+        })();
+    } finally { handle.pragma('foreign_keys = ON'); }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.ts
index 90bba00..a18244c 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ export function archiveBetaRevision(id: number, revision: number, startedAt: str
 export function betaRevisionHistory(id: number): BetaRevision[] {
     const rows = db().prepare('SELECT revision, started_at, notes, results_json FROM beta_revisions WHERE beta_id = ? ORDER BY revision DESC')
         .all(id) as Array<{ revision: number; started_at: string; notes: string | null; results_json: string | null }>;
+    const files = db().prepare(`SELECT revision, script_id, name, kind, path, version_id, version, release_version, sha256
+        FROM beta_revision_files WHERE beta_id = ? ORDER BY script_id`).all(id) as Array<BetaRevision['files'][number] & { revision: number }>;
     return rows.map(({ results_json, ...row }) => ({ ...row,
         results: results_json ? JSON.parse(results_json) : null,
-        files: db().prepare(`SELECT script_id, name, kind, path, version_id, version, release_version, sha256
-            FROM beta_revision_files WHERE beta_id = ? AND revision = ? ORDER BY script_id`).all(id, row.revision) as BetaRevision['files']
+        files: files.filter(file => file.revision === row.revision).map(({ revision, ...file }) => file)
     }));
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/beta.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/beta.ts
index a44374e..afd56b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/beta.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/beta.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getVersionContent } from './scripts.js';
 import { parseBetaPlan, type BetaPlan } from '../../beta-plan.js';
 import { storedPlan, testView, activity, setOutcome } from './beta-tests.js';
 import { archiveBetaRevision, currentBetaRevision } from './beta-revisions.js';
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ function composeCfgForServer(
     if (inputs.inBetaBaseline) {
         const s = getScript(inputs.inBetaBaseline.script_id);
         if (s && scopeAppliesToServer(s, { game: serverGame, map: serverMap })) {
-            baselineText = inputs.inBetaBaseline.content.toString('utf8');
+            baselineText = getVersionContent(inputs.inBetaBaseline.id).toString('utf8');
             baselineScriptId = s.id;
         }
     }
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ function composeCfgForServer(
         if (promoted?.current_version_id) {
             const ver = getVersion(promoted.current_version_id);
             if (ver) {
-                baselineText = ver.content.toString('utf8');
+                baselineText = getVersionContent(ver.id).toString('utf8');
                 baselineScriptId = promoted.id;
             }
         }
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ function composeCfgForServer(
             if (!s.current_version_id) continue;
             const ver = getVersion(s.current_version_id);
             if (!ver) continue;
-            promotedOverlays.push({ id: s.id, text: ver.content.toString('utf8') });
+            promotedOverlays.push({ id: s.id, text: getVersionContent(ver.id).toString('utf8') });
             promotedIdsSeen.add(s.id);
         }
     };
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ function composeCfgForServer(
     // In-beta overlays scoped to this server.
     const inBetaScopedOverlays = inputs.inBetaOverlays
         .filter(({ script }) => scopeAppliesToServer(script, { game: serverGame, map: serverMap }))
-        .map(({ script, version }) => ({ id: script.id, text: version.content.toString('utf8') }));
+        .map(({ script, version }) => ({ id: script.id, text: getVersionContent(version.id).toString('utf8') }));
 
     const composed = composeServerCfg(baselineText, [...promotedOverlays, ...inBetaScopedOverlays], serverGame, serverMap, getServer(serverName)?.map_slug);
     return { text: composed, baselineScriptId };
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ function revisionFileChanges(betaId: number, name: string): Parameters<typeof qu
     const server = getServer(name)!;
     const changes: Parameters<typeof queueFileChange>[0][] = resolved.filter(row => !isCollapsingKind(row.script.kind))
         .map(({ script, version }) => ({ sourceKind: 'beta', sourceId: String(betaId), server: name, kind: script.kind,
-            relPath: script.target_rel_path, content: version.content, scriptVersionId: version.id, inventorySource: `beta:${betaId}` }));
+            relPath: script.target_rel_path, content: getVersionContent(version.id), scriptVersionId: version.id, inventorySource: `beta:${betaId}` }));
     if (resolved.some(row => isCollapsingKind(row.script.kind))) {
         const composed = composeCfgForServer(name, server.game, server.map, {
             inBetaBaseline: resolved.find(row => row.script.kind === 'baseline')?.version,
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ async function deployBetaServersInternal(betaId: number, names: string[]): Promi
     await mkdir(archive, { recursive: true });
     for (const r of nonCollapsing) {
         const base = posix.basename(r.script.target_rel_path);
-        await writeFile(join(archive, base), r.version.content);
+        await writeFile(join(archive, base), getVersionContent(r.version.id));
     }
 
     // Persist the requested bytes without touching any live destination. Provisioning
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ async function deployBetaServersInternal(betaId: number, names: string[]): Promi
         try {
             const changes: Parameters<typeof queueFileChange>[0][] = nonCollapsing.map(({ script, version }) => ({
                 sourceKind: 'beta' as const, sourceId: String(betaId), server: name,
-                kind: script.kind, relPath: script.target_rel_path, content: version.content,
+                kind: script.kind, relPath: script.target_rel_path, content: getVersionContent(version.id),
                 scriptVersionId: version.id, inventorySource: `beta:${betaId}`
             }));
             if (collapsingBaseline || collapsingOverlays.length > 0) {
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@ async function promoteBetaInternal(betaId: number, reviewedToken?: string): Prom
                         priorSha = snap.prior_sha256;
                     } else if (bss.prior_version_id) {
                         const pv = getVersion(bss.prior_version_id);
-                        if (pv) { priorContent = pv.content; priorSha = pv.sha256; }
+                        if (pv) { priorContent = getVersionContent(pv.id); priorSha = pv.sha256; }
                     }
                     plan = {
                         script, version, server: name,
@@ -1121,12 +1122,12 @@ async function promoteBetaInternal(betaId: number, reviewedToken?: string): Prom
                 p.priorSha,
                 p.version.sha256,
                 p.priorContent,
-                p.version.content,
+                getVersionContent(p.version.id),
                 betaServerSet.has(p.server) ? 0 : 1
             );
             if (plansToActivate.has(p)) {
                 queueFileChange({ sourceKind: 'campaign', sourceId: depId, server: p.server,
-                    kind: p.script.kind, relPath: p.script.target_rel_path, content: p.version.content,
+                    kind: p.script.kind, relPath: p.script.target_rel_path, content: getVersionContent(p.version.id),
                     scriptVersionId: p.version.id, inventorySource: `promote:${depId}`,
                     deploymentFileId: Number(file.lastInsertRowid), preserveBeforeImage: betaServerSet.has(p.server) });
             }
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/drift.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/drift.ts
index fc57f4e..a4b57c7 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/drift.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/drift.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getVersionContent } from './scripts.js';
 import { readdir, readFile, stat, nativeFileManifest, type FileFingerprint } from '../backends/files.js';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { DriftPlan, DriftPlanFile } from '$lib/drift-plan.js';
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ async function resolveManagedEntry(server: string, entry: DriftEntry): Promise<B
     }
     if (!entry.scriptVersionId) return null;
     const ver = getVersion(entry.scriptVersionId);
-    return ver?.content ?? null;
+    return ver ? getVersionContent(ver.id) : null;
 }
 
 function composeExpectedCfg(
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..047e07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { db } from '../db/index.js';
+import type { ArtifactKind, ScriptRow, ScriptVersionRow } from './scripts.js';
+
+/** Fixed query count regardless of the number of artifacts or retained versions. */
+export function scriptCatalog(kind?: ArtifactKind) {
+    const version = (alias: string) => `CASE WHEN ${alias}.id IS NOT NULL THEN json_object(
+        'id',${alias}.id,'version',${alias}.version,'release_version',${alias}.release_version,
+        'sha256',${alias}.sha256,'size',${alias}.size,'state',${alias}.state,'uploaded_at',${alias}.uploaded_at) END`;
+    const rows = db().prepare(`SELECT s.*, ${version('c')} current_json, ${version('v')} latest_json,
+        COALESCE(counts.n,0) versionCount, active.beta_id runningBetaId
+        FROM scripts s
+        LEFT JOIN (SELECT script_id, COUNT(*) n, MAX(version) latest FROM script_versions GROUP BY script_id) counts ON counts.script_id=s.id
+        LEFT JOIN script_versions v ON v.script_id=s.id AND v.version=counts.latest
+        LEFT JOIN script_versions c ON c.id=s.current_version_id
+        LEFT JOIN (SELECT bs.script_id, MIN(b.id) beta_id FROM beta_scripts bs JOIN betas b ON b.id=bs.beta_id
+            WHERE b.state IN ('running','ready-promote') GROUP BY bs.script_id) active ON active.script_id=s.id
+        ${kind ? 'WHERE s.kind=?' : ''} ORDER BY s.name`).all(...(kind ? [kind] : [])) as Array<ScriptRow & {
+            current_json: string | null; latest_json: string | null; versionCount: number; runningBetaId: number | null;
+        }>;
+    const servers = db().prepare('SELECT name, game, map FROM servers ORDER BY name').all() as { name: string; game: string | null; map: string | null }[];
+    return rows.map(({ current_json, latest_json, ...row }) => ({ ...row,
+        currentVersion: current_json ? JSON.parse(current_json) as ScriptVersionRow : null,
+        latestVersion: latest_json ? JSON.parse(latest_json) as ScriptVersionRow : null,
+        servers: row.scope_type && row.scope_value ? servers.filter(server => server[row.scope_type!] === row.scope_value).map(server => server.name) : []
+    }));
+}
+
+export function betaScriptMetadata(ids: number[]) {
+    const rows = db().prepare(`SELECT bs.beta_id, bs.script_id id, COALESCE(s.name,'(deleted)') name,
+        COALESCE(s.target_rel_path,'') target_rel_path, COALESCE(s.kind,bs.kind,'script') kind,
+        v.id version_id, v.version, v.release_version, v.sha256
+        FROM beta_scripts bs LEFT JOIN scripts s ON s.id=bs.script_id
+        LEFT JOIN script_versions v ON v.id=bs.script_version_id
+        WHERE bs.beta_id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?)) ORDER BY bs.script_id`).all(JSON.stringify(ids)) as Array<{
+            beta_id: number; id: number; name: string; target_rel_path: string; kind: ArtifactKind;
+            version_id: number | null; version: number; release_version: string | null; sha256: string;
+        }>;
+    const grouped = new Map<number, Array<{ id: number; name: string; target_rel_path: string; kind: ArtifactKind;
+        version: { id: number; version: number; release_version: string | null; sha256: string } | null }>>();
+    for (const { beta_id, version_id, version, release_version, sha256, ...script } of rows) {
+        const group = grouped.get(beta_id) ?? [];
+        group.push({ ...script, version: version_id === null ? null : { id: version_id, version, release_version, sha256 } });
+        grouped.set(beta_id, group);
+    }
+    return grouped;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/promoted-artifacts.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/promoted-artifacts.ts
index 9261f6e..c53e1d7 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/promoted-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/promoted-artifacts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getVersion, getVersionMetadata, listScripts } from './scripts.js';
+import { getVersion, getVersionContent, getVersionMetadata, listScripts } from './scripts.js';
 
 function selectedArtifacts<Version>(game: string | null, map: string | null, readVersion: (id: number) => Version | undefined) {
     return (['script', 'plugin'] as const).flatMap((kind) =>
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ function selectedArtifacts<Version>(game: string | null, map: string | null, rea
 
 /** Published file artifacts shared by provisioning and drift reconciliation. */
 export function promotedArtifacts(game: string | null, map: string | null) {
-    return selectedArtifacts(game, map, getVersion);
+    return selectedArtifacts(game, map, id => {
+        const version = getVersion(id);
+        return version ? { ...version, content: getVersionContent(id) } : undefined;
+    });
 }
 
 /** Metadata uses the same promotion and scope rules without reading file content. */
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.ts
index a7dbf67..241f82b 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export interface ScriptVersionRow {
     release_version: string | null;
     sha256: string;
     size: number;
-    content: Buffer;
     notes: string | null;
     state: ScriptVersionState;
     kind: ArtifactKind;
@@ -137,14 +136,22 @@ export function listPromotedOverlaysForScope(
     return rows.filter((r) => !skip.has(r.id));
 }
 
+export const VERSION_COLUMNS = 'id, script_id, version, release_version, sha256, size, notes, state, kind, uploaded_at';
+
+export function getVersionContent(id: number): Buffer {
+    const row = db().prepare('SELECT content FROM script_versions WHERE id = ?').get(id) as { content: Buffer } | undefined;
+    if (!row) throw new ScriptError(`no such version (id=${id})`, 'no-such-version');
+    return row.content;
+}
+
 export function listVersions(scriptId: number): ScriptVersionRow[] {
     return db()
-        .prepare('SELECT * FROM script_versions WHERE script_id = ? ORDER BY version DESC')
+        .prepare(`SELECT ${VERSION_COLUMNS} FROM script_versions WHERE script_id = ? ORDER BY version DESC`)
         .all(scriptId) as ScriptVersionRow[];
 }
 
 export function getVersion(id: number): ScriptVersionRow | undefined {
-    return db().prepare('SELECT * FROM script_versions WHERE id = ?').get(id) as
+    return db().prepare(`SELECT ${VERSION_COLUMNS} FROM script_versions WHERE id = ?`).get(id) as
         | ScriptVersionRow
         | undefined;
 }
@@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ export function getVersionMetadata(id: number): ScriptVersionMetadata | undefine
 // upload, whether or not it has been promoted (current_version_id).
 export function getLatestVersion(scriptId: number): ScriptVersionRow | undefined {
     return db()
-        .prepare('SELECT * FROM script_versions WHERE script_id = ? ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1')
+        .prepare(`SELECT ${VERSION_COLUMNS} FROM script_versions WHERE script_id = ? ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1`)
         .get(scriptId) as ScriptVersionRow | undefined;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.ts b/src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.ts
index 2fc3197..5e8bd7c 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getVersionContent } from './scripts.js';
 import { composeServerCfg } from './config-compose.js';
 import { getBaselineForScope, getVersion, listPromotedOverlaysForScope } from './scripts.js';
 import { selectedZombieMap, mapRotation } from './map-aliases.js';
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export function getPromotedServerConfig(game: string | null, map: string | null,
         ...(map ? listPromotedOverlaysForScope('map', map) : [])
     ].flatMap((overlay) => {
         const current = overlay.current_version_id ? getVersion(overlay.current_version_id) : undefined;
-        return current ? [{ id: overlay.id, text: current.content.toString('utf8') }] : [];
+        return current ? [{ id: overlay.id, text: getVersionContent(current.id).toString('utf8') }] : [];
     });
-    return Buffer.from(composeServerCfg(version.content.toString('utf8'), overlays, game, map, mapSlug), 'utf8');
+    return Buffer.from(composeServerCfg(getVersionContent(version.id).toString('utf8'), overlays, game, map, mapSlug), 'utf8');
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api/betas/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/betas/+server.ts
index d5d8fbb..74ee536 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/betas/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/betas/+server.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import {
     listBetas,
-    listBetaServers,
-    listBetaScripts,
     openBeta,
     BetaError
 } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta.js';
-import { getScript, getVersion } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
+import { betaScriptMetadata } from '$lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.js';
+import { db } from '$lib/server/db/index.js';
+import type { BetaServerRow } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta.js';
+import type { StoredPlan } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta-tests.js';
 import { kick } from '$lib/server/pipeline/worker.js';
 import { parseBetaPlan, type BetaPlan } from '$lib/beta-plan.js';
-import { storedPlan } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta-tests.js';
-import { currentBetaRevision } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.js';
 
 export async function GET({ url }: { url: URL }) {
     const stateFilter = url.searchParams.get('state') as
@@ -19,29 +18,25 @@ export async function GET({ url }: { url: URL }) {
         | 'promoted'
         | 'rolled-back'
         | null;
-    const rows = listBetas(stateFilter ?? undefined).map((b) => {
-        const scripts = listBetaScripts(b.id).map((bs) => {
-            const script = getScript(bs.script_id);
-            const version = getVersion(bs.script_version_id);
-            return {
-                id: bs.script_id,
-                name: script?.name ?? '(deleted)',
-                target_rel_path: script?.target_rel_path ?? '',
-                kind: script?.kind ?? bs.kind ?? 'script',
-                version: version
-                    ? { id: version.id, version: version.version, release_version: version.release_version, sha256: version.sha256 }
-                    : null
-            };
-        });
-        const test = storedPlan(b.id);
+    const betas = listBetas(stateFilter ?? undefined);
+    const ids = JSON.stringify(betas.map(beta => beta.id));
+    const bundles = betaScriptMetadata(betas.map(beta => beta.id));
+    const plans = new Map((db().prepare(`SELECT p.*, COALESCE((SELECT started_at FROM beta_revisions r
+        WHERE r.beta_id=p.beta_id ORDER BY revision DESC LIMIT 1), b.opened_at) started_at
+        FROM beta_test_plans p JOIN betas b ON b.id=p.beta_id
+        WHERE p.beta_id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?))`).all(ids) as Array<StoredPlan & { started_at: string }>).map(plan => [plan.beta_id, plan]));
+    const members = db().prepare('SELECT * FROM beta_servers WHERE beta_id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?)) ORDER BY server').all(ids) as BetaServerRow[];
+    const rows = betas.map(b => {
+        const scripts = bundles.get(b.id) ?? [];
+        const test = plans.get(b.id);
         const plan = test ? parseBetaPlan(JSON.parse(test.plan)) : null;
         return {
             ...b,
             testOutcome: test?.outcome ?? null,
             testReason: test?.reason ?? null,
-            deadlineAt: plan ? new Date(Date.parse(currentBetaRevision(b.id).started_at) + plan.timeoutHours * 3600000).toISOString() : null,
+            deadlineAt: plan ? new Date(Date.parse(test!.started_at) + plan.timeoutHours * 3600000).toISOString() : null,
             scripts,
-            servers: listBetaServers(b.id)
+            servers: members.filter(member => member.beta_id === b.id)
         };
     });
     return json({ betas: rows });
diff --git a/src/routes/api/betas/[id]/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/betas/[id]/+server.ts
index 4833d97..e8c8f69 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/betas/[id]/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/betas/[id]/+server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { db } from '$lib/server/db/index.js';
-import { getBeta, listBetaServers, listBetaScripts } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta.js';
-import { getScript, getVersion } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
+import { getBeta, listBetaServers } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta.js';
+import { betaScriptMetadata } from '$lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.js';
 import { testView } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta-tests.js';
 import { betaRevisionHistory, currentBetaRevision } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta-revisions.js';
 
@@ -16,19 +16,7 @@ export async function GET({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
     const beta = getBeta(id);
     if (!beta) return json({ ok: false, error: 'not found' }, { status: 404 });
 
-    const scripts = listBetaScripts(id).map((bs) => {
-        const script = getScript(bs.script_id);
-        const version = getVersion(bs.script_version_id);
-        return {
-            id: bs.script_id,
-            name: script?.name ?? '(deleted)',
-            target_rel_path: script?.target_rel_path ?? '',
-            kind: script?.kind ?? bs.kind ?? 'script',
-            version: version
-                ? { id: version.id, version: version.version, release_version: version.release_version, sha256: version.sha256 }
-                : null
-        };
-    });
+    const scripts = betaScriptMetadata([id]).get(id) ?? [];
     const servers = listBetaServers(id);
 
     const events = db().prepare('SELECT id, created_at, message FROM beta_events WHERE beta_id = ? ORDER BY id').all(id);
diff --git a/src/routes/api/configs/[id]/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/configs/[id]/+server.ts
index 9e9043c..0e5e48a 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/configs/[id]/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/configs/[id]/+server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getVersionContent } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { getScript, getVersion, getLatestVersion } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
 
@@ -9,5 +10,5 @@ export async function GET({ params, url }: { params: { id: string }; url: URL })
     const requested = url.searchParams.get('version');
     const version = requested === null ? getLatestVersion(id) : getVersion(Number(requested));
     if (!version || version.script_id !== id) return json({ error: 'Config version not found.' }, { status: 404 });
-    return json({ text: version.content.toString('utf8'), versionId: version.id, version: version.version }, { headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-store' } });
+    return json({ text: getVersionContent(version.id).toString('utf8'), versionId: version.id, version: version.version }, { headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-store' } });
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api/configs/inspect/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/configs/inspect/+server.ts
index 6e77a08..660069b 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/configs/inspect/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/configs/inspect/+server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getVersionContent } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { getServer, listServers } from '$lib/server/fleet/servers.js';
 import { getBaselineForScope, getScript, getVersion, listPromotedOverlaysForScope, type ScriptRow } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ function inspect(serverName: string, draft?: { artifactId: number; text: string
         if (!isDraft && !version) return null;
         return {
             source: { id: row.id, name: row.name, version: isDraft ? null : version!.version, kind: row.kind as 'baseline' | 'config', draft: isDraft },
-            text: isDraft ? draft!.text : version!.content.toString('utf8')
+            text: isDraft ? draft!.text : getVersionContent(version!.id).toString('utf8')
         };
     }
     const base = baseline ? layer(baseline) : null;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/scripts/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/scripts/+server.ts
index 1c4eb0b..976c329 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/scripts/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/scripts/+server.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@ import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import {
     createScript,
     isArtifactKind,
-    listScripts,
-    listVersions,
-    serversMatchingScope,
     ScriptError,
     type ArtifactKind,
     type ScopeType
 } from '$lib/server/fleet/scripts.js';
-import { findRunningBetaForScript } from '$lib/server/fleet/beta.js';
+import { scriptCatalog } from '$lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.js';
 
 function scopeTypeOrNull(v: FormDataEntryValue | null): ScopeType | null {
     if (v === null) return null;
@@ -29,36 +26,7 @@ function kindOrDefault(v: FormDataEntryValue | string | null, fallback: Artifact
 export async function GET({ url }: { url: URL }) {
     const kindParam = url.searchParams.get('kind');
     const kindFilter = kindParam ? (isArtifactKind(kindParam) ? kindParam : null) : null;
-    const rows = kindFilter ? listScripts(kindFilter) : listScripts();
-    const scripts = rows.map((s) => {
-        const versions = listVersions(s.id);
-        const matched = s.scope_type && s.scope_value
-            ? serversMatchingScope(s.scope_type as ScopeType, s.scope_value)
-            : [];
-        const runningBeta = findRunningBetaForScript(s.id);
-        const current = versions.find(v => v.id === s.current_version_id);
-        return {
-            ...s,
-            currentVersion: current ? {
-                id: current.id, version: current.version, sha256: current.sha256,
-                size: current.size, state: current.state, uploaded_at: current.uploaded_at
-            } : null,
-            latestVersion: versions[0]
-                ? {
-                      id: versions[0].id,
-                      version: versions[0].version,
-                      release_version: versions[0].release_version,
-                      sha256: versions[0].sha256,
-                      size: versions[0].size,
-                      state: versions[0].state,
-                      uploaded_at: versions[0].uploaded_at
-                  }
-                : null,
-            versionCount: versions.length,
-            servers: matched,
-            runningBetaId: runningBeta?.id ?? null
-        };
-    });
+    const scripts = scriptCatalog(kindFilter ?? undefined);
     return json({ scripts });
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/beta-revisions.test.ts b/tests/unit/beta-revisions.test.ts
index a6399b4..edf5abe 100644
--- a/tests/unit/beta-revisions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/beta-revisions.test.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('beta revisions', () => {
     it.each(['stale', 'identical', 'empty', 'unbundled', 'duplicate', 'closed', 'deleted', 'interrupted', 'activating'])('rejects %s updates without saving a revision', async reason => {
         const x = await setup();
         const upload = { scriptId: x.script.id, content: Buffer.from('changed') };
-        if (reason === 'identical') upload.content = Buffer.from(x.version.content);
+        if (reason === 'identical') upload.content = Buffer.from((await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js')).getVersionContent(x.version.id));
         if (reason === 'empty') upload.content = Buffer.alloc(0);
         if (reason === 'unbundled') upload.scriptId = 999;
         if (reason === 'closed') x.db.prepare("UPDATE betas SET state = 'promoted' WHERE id = ?").run(x.betaId);
diff --git a/tests/unit/database-indexes.test.ts b/tests/unit/database-indexes.test.ts
index 0996606..95f7063 100644
--- a/tests/unit/database-indexes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/database-indexes.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ it('covers every foreign key child prefix, including lazy host and library schem
         const prefixes = indexes.filter(index => !index.partial).map(index =>
             (handle.pragma(`index_info(${index.name})`) as { name: string }[])[0]?.name);
         const columns = handle.pragma(`table_info(${name})`) as { name: string; type: string; pk: number }[];
-        if (columns.filter(column => column.pk).length === 1) prefixes.push(columns.find(column => column.pk)?.name);
+        if (columns.filter(column => column.pk).length === 1) prefixes.push(columns.find(column => column.pk)!.name);
         for (const key of foreignKeys.filter(key => key.seq === 0)) {
             if (!prefixes.includes(key.from)) missing.push(`${name}.${key.from}`);
         }
diff --git a/tests/unit/drift-kinds.test.ts b/tests/unit/drift-kinds.test.ts
index f6a3357..5f7b598 100644
--- a/tests/unit/drift-kinds.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/drift-kinds.test.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ describe('drift rebuild campaigns', () => {
         expect(await readFile(stray, 'utf8')).toBe('untracked');
         expect(db().prepare('SELECT rel_path, verb, content_before, content_after FROM deployment_files WHERE deployment_id = ? ORDER BY rel_path').all(campaignId))
             .toEqual([
-                { rel_path: 'managed.gsc', verb: 'updated', content_before: Buffer.from('old content'), content_after: version.content },
+                { rel_path: 'managed.gsc', verb: 'updated', content_before: Buffer.from('old content'), content_after: (await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js')).getVersionContent(version.id) },
                 { rel_path: 'stray.cfg', verb: 'removed', content_before: Buffer.from('untracked'), content_after: null }
             ]);
         await sweep();
diff --git a/tests/unit/library-metadata.test.ts b/tests/unit/library-metadata.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..815016d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/library-metadata.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { newFixture, type Fixture } from '../helpers/fixture.js';
+import { migrateVersionLayout } from '../../src/lib/server/db/version-layout.js';
+
+let fixture: Fixture;
+beforeEach(async () => { vi.resetModules(); fixture = await newFixture([]); });
+afterEach(async () => { vi.restoreAllMocks(); await fixture.cleanup(); });
+
+it('returns metadata without plugin bytes and lists many artifacts in two queries', async () => {
+    const { createScript, getVersion, getVersionContent, getLatestVersion, listVersions } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+    const { scriptCatalog, betaScriptMetadata } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/library-metadata.js');
+    const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+    const content = Buffer.alloc(1024 * 1024, 77);
+    let id = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) id = createScript({ name: `plugin-${i}`, kind: 'plugin', targetRelPath: 'plugin.dll', content }).version.id;
+    expect(getVersionContent(id)).toEqual(content);
+    expect(getVersion(id)).not.toHaveProperty('content');
+    expect(getLatestVersion(getVersion(id)!.script_id)).not.toHaveProperty('content');
+    expect(listVersions(getVersion(id)!.script_id)[0]).not.toHaveProperty('content');
+    const prepare = vi.spyOn(db(), 'prepare');
+    expect(scriptCatalog('plugin')).toHaveLength(20);
+    expect(prepare).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    betaScriptMetadata([]);
+    expect(prepare.mock.calls.every(([sql]) => !/\bcontent\b/.test(sql))).toBe(true);
+});
+
+it('moves legacy content last without losing bytes, IDs, indexes, triggers or references', () => {
+    const handle = new Database(':memory:');
+    try {
+        handle.exec(`PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;
+            CREATE TABLE script_versions(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, script_id INTEGER,
+                version INTEGER, content BLOB NOT NULL, state TEXT, release_version TEXT, UNIQUE(script_id,version));
+            CREATE INDEX version_state ON script_versions(state);
+            CREATE TABLE child(version INTEGER REFERENCES script_versions(id));
+            CREATE TABLE updates(n INTEGER); INSERT INTO updates VALUES(0);
+            CREATE TRIGGER version_update AFTER UPDATE ON script_versions BEGIN UPDATE updates SET n=n+1; END;
+            INSERT INTO script_versions VALUES(7,1,1,x'00ff','tested','v1');
+            INSERT INTO child VALUES(7);
+            INSERT INTO script_versions VALUES(100,1,2,x'aa','untested',NULL);
+            DELETE FROM script_versions WHERE id=100;`);
+        const before = handle.prepare('SELECT * FROM script_versions').all();
+        migrateVersionLayout(handle);
+        migrateVersionLayout(handle);
+        expect(handle.prepare('SELECT * FROM script_versions').all()).toEqual(before);
+        expect((handle.pragma('table_info(script_versions)') as { name: string }[]).at(-1)?.name).toBe('content');
+        expect(handle.pragma('foreign_key_check')).toEqual([]);
+        expect(handle.prepare("INSERT INTO script_versions(script_id,version,content) VALUES(1,3,x'01')").run().lastInsertRowid).toBe(101);
+        handle.prepare("UPDATE script_versions SET state='tested' WHERE id=101").run();
+        expect(handle.prepare('SELECT n FROM updates').get()).toEqual({ n: 1 });
+        expect((handle.pragma('index_list(script_versions)') as { name: string }[]).some(index => index.name === 'version_state')).toBe(true);
+    } finally { handle.close(); }
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/native-drift-manifest.test.ts b/tests/unit/native-drift-manifest.test.ts
index 50e27c2..cdbd354 100644
--- a/tests/unit/native-drift-manifest.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/native-drift-manifest.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function setup(capable = true) {
     const baseline = promoted('baseline', 'Baseline', Buffer.from('set sv_voice "1"\n'));
     for (const [root, artifact] of [[scriptRoot, script], [pluginRoot, plugin]] as const) {
         const { version } = artifact;
-        contents.set(`${root}/${artifact.script.target_rel_path}`, version.content);
+        contents.set(`${root}/${artifact.script.target_rel_path}`, (await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js')).getVersionContent(version.id));
         recordScript(server, artifact.script.target_rel_path, version.id, version.sha256, version.size, 'test');
     }
     const { getPromotedServerConfig, getServerMapConfig, MAP_CONFIG_FILE } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.js');
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugin-versions.test.ts b/tests/unit/plugin-versions.test.ts
index 5f90308..516ee17 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugin-versions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/plugin-versions.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('plugin release versions', () => {
             [3, 'v3.0.4'], [2, 'v3.0.4'], [1, 'v3.1.0']
         ]);
         expect(older.sha256).not.toBe(rebuild.sha256);
-        expect(getVersion(version.id)!.content).toEqual(plugin.content);
+        expect((await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js')).getVersionContent(version.id)).toEqual(plugin.content);
     });
 
     it('allows unlabeled uploads and non-semver release tags', async () => {
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ describe('plugin release versions', () => {
         db().exec('ALTER TABLE script_versions DROP COLUMN release_version');
         closeDb();
         expect(getVersion(version.id)).toMatchObject({
-            id: version.id, version: 1, release_version: null, sha256: version.sha256, content: plugin.content
+            id: version.id, version: 1, release_version: null, sha256: version.sha256
         });
+        expect((await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js')).getVersionContent(version.id)).toEqual(plugin.content);
         closeDb();
         expect(getVersion(version.id)!.release_version).toBeNull();
     });