diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_examples.py b/docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_examples.py
index b4c928936..81f2bac24 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_examples.py
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_examples.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ROOT_DIR_RELATIVE = "../../../../.."
 EXAMPLE_DIR = ROOT_DIR / "examples"
 EXAMPLE_DOC_DIR = ROOT_DIR / "docs/user_guide/examples"
 NAV_FILE = ROOT_DIR / "docs/.nav.yml"
+MAX_INLINE_MATERIAL_SIZE = 8 * 1024
 
 
 def fix_case(text: str) -> str:
@@ -191,18 +192,21 @@ class Example:
 
         return re.sub(link_pattern, replace_link, content)
 
+    def github_url(self, path: Path) -> str:
+        url = "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/"
+        url += "tree/main" if path.is_dir() else "blob/main"
+        return f"{url}/{path.relative_to(ROOT_DIR).as_posix()}"
+
     def generate(self) -> str:
         content = f"# {self.title}\n\n"
-        url = "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/"
-        url += "tree/main" if self.path.is_dir() else "blob/main"
-        content += f"Source <{url}/{self.path.relative_to(ROOT_DIR)}>.\n\n"
+        content += f"Source <{self.github_url(self.path)}>.\n\n"
 
         # Use long code fence to avoid issues with
         # included files containing code fences too
         code_fence = "``````"
 
         if self.is_code:
-            main_file_rel = self.main_file.relative_to(ROOT_DIR)
+            main_file_rel = self.main_file.relative_to(ROOT_DIR).as_posix()
             content += f'{code_fence}{self.main_file.suffix[1:]}\n--8<-- "{main_file_rel}"\n{code_fence}\n'
         else:
             with open(self.main_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -216,10 +220,15 @@ class Example:
 
         content += "## Example materials\n\n"
         for file in sorted(self.other_files):
-            content += f'??? abstract "{file.relative_to(self.path)}"\n'
+            content += f'??? abstract "{file.relative_to(self.path).as_posix()}"\n'
+            if file.stat().st_size > MAX_INLINE_MATERIAL_SIZE:
+                content += (
+                    f"    Large file omitted from the rendered docs. View it on GitHub: <{self.github_url(file)}>.\n\n"
+                )
+                continue
             if file.suffix != ".md":
                 content += f"    {code_fence}{file.suffix[1:]}\n"
-            content += f'    --8<-- "{file.relative_to(ROOT_DIR)}"\n'
+            content += f'    --8<-- "{file.relative_to(ROOT_DIR).as_posix()}"\n'
             if file.suffix != ".md":
                 content += f"    {code_fence}\n"
 
@@ -291,7 +300,7 @@ def update_nav_file(examples: list[Example]):
         for example in category_examples:
             doc_path = EXAMPLE_DOC_DIR / example.category / f"{example.path.stem}.md"
             rel_path = doc_path.relative_to(ROOT_DIR / "docs")
-            category_items.append({example.title: str(rel_path)})
+            category_items.append({example.title: rel_path.as_posix()})
 
         if category_items:
             # Format category name (e.g., "offline_inference" -> "Offline Inference")
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/hooks/search_index.py b/docs/mkdocs/hooks/search_index.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b9e268d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/hooks/search_index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""Reduce browser search-index memory for generated API reference pages."""
+
+from material.plugins.search.plugin import SearchIndex
+
+_add_entry_from_context = SearchIndex.add_entry_from_context
+
+
+def add_entry_from_context(self: SearchIndex, page) -> None:
+    search = page.meta.get("search") or {}
+    if search.get("exclude"):
+        return
+
+    if str(page.url).startswith("api/"):
+        entry = {
+            "location": page.url,
+            "title": str(page.meta.get("title", page.title)),
+            "text": "",
+        }
+        if "boost" in search:
+            entry["boost"] = search["boost"]
+        self.entries.append(entry)
+        return
+
+    _add_entry_from_context(self, page)
+
+
+SearchIndex.add_entry_from_context = add_entry_from_context
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mathjax.js b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mathjax.js
index eb89ace06..2238e32e4 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mathjax.js
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mathjax.js
@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
-// Enables MathJax rendering
+// Enables MathJax rendering only on pages that contain math.
 window.MathJax = {
-    tex: {
-      inlineMath: [["\\(", "\\)"]],
-      displayMath: [["\\[", "\\]"]],
-      processEscapes: true,
-      processEnvironments: true
-    },
-    options: {
-      ignoreHtmlClass: ".*|",
-      processHtmlClass: "arithmatex"
-    }
-  };
+  tex: {
+    inlineMath: [["\\(", "\\)"]],
+    displayMath: [["\\[", "\\]"]],
+    processEscapes: true,
+    processEnvironments: true,
+  },
+  options: {
+    ignoreHtmlClass: ".*|",
+    processHtmlClass: "arithmatex",
+  },
+};
 
-  document$.subscribe(() => {
-    MathJax.startup.output.clearCache()
-    MathJax.typesetClear()
-    MathJax.texReset()
-    MathJax.typesetPromise()
-  })
+let mathJaxLoading;
+
+function loadMathJax() {
+  if (window.MathJax.typesetPromise) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+  if (!mathJaxLoading) {
+    mathJaxLoading = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const script = document.createElement("script");
+      script.src = "https://unpkg.com/mathjax@3.2.2/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js";
+      script.async = true;
+      script.onload = resolve;
+      script.onerror = reject;
+      document.head.appendChild(script);
+    });
+  }
+  return mathJaxLoading;
+}
+
+document$.subscribe(() => {
+  if (!document.querySelector(".arithmatex")) {
+    return;
+  }
+  loadMathJax().then(() => {
+    MathJax.startup.output.clearCache();
+    MathJax.typesetClear();
+    MathJax.texReset();
+    MathJax.typesetPromise();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/javascript/memory.js b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/memory.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cc22a8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/memory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Opt out of bfcache so large generated API pages are released after navigation.
+window.addEventListener("unload", () => {});
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mermaid.js b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mermaid.js
index 63676de9d..f8fae2d47 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mermaid.js
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/javascript/mermaid.js
@@ -1,21 +1,42 @@
-// Initialize Mermaid for diagram rendering
-mermaid.initialize({
-  startOnLoad: false,
-  theme: 'default',
-  securityLevel: 'loose',
-  flowchart: {
-    useMaxWidth: true,
-    htmlLabels: true
-  }
-});
+// Load Mermaid only on pages that contain diagrams.
+let mermaidLoading;
 
-// Render Mermaid diagrams when page content is ready
-document$.subscribe(() => {
-  const mermaidElements = document.querySelectorAll('.mermaid');
-  if (mermaidElements.length > 0) {
-    mermaid.run({
-      querySelector: '.mermaid',
-      nodes: mermaidElements
+function loadMermaid() {
+  if (window.mermaid) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+  if (!mermaidLoading) {
+    mermaidLoading = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const script = document.createElement("script");
+      script.src = "https://unpkg.com/mermaid@10/dist/mermaid.min.js";
+      script.async = true;
+      script.onload = () => {
+        mermaid.initialize({
+          startOnLoad: false,
+          theme: "default",
+          securityLevel: "loose",
+          flowchart: {
+            useMaxWidth: true,
+            htmlLabels: true,
+          },
+        });
+        resolve();
+      };
+      script.onerror = reject;
+      document.head.appendChild(script);
     });
   }
+  return mermaidLoading;
+}
+
+document$.subscribe(() => {
+  if (!document.querySelector(".mermaid")) {
+    return;
+  }
+  loadMermaid().then(() => {
+    mermaid.run({
+      querySelector: ".mermaid",
+      nodes: document.querySelectorAll(".mermaid"),
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d19483002..74f2145fe 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ theme:
   features:
     - content.action.edit
     - content.code.copy
-    - navigation.instant
-    - navigation.instant.progress
     - navigation.tracking
     - navigation.tabs
     - navigation.tabs.sticky
     - navigation.sections
     - navigation.indexes
+    - navigation.prune
     - navigation.top
     - search.suggest
     - search.highlight
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ theme:
   custom_dir: docs/mkdocs/overrides
 
 hooks:
+  - docs/mkdocs/hooks/search_index.py
   - docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_api_readme.py
   - docs/mkdocs/hooks/url_schemes.py
   - docs/mkdocs/hooks/generate_examples.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ plugins:
             separate_signature: true
             show_overloads: true
             signature_crossrefs: true
+            show_source: false
           inventories:
           - https://docs.python.org/3/objects.inv
           - https://typing-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/objects.inv
@@ -167,9 +168,8 @@ extra_css:
   - mkdocs/stylesheets/extra.css
 
 extra_javascript:
+  - mkdocs/javascript/memory.js
   - mkdocs/javascript/mathjax.js
-  - https://unpkg.com/mathjax@3.2.2/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js
-  - https://unpkg.com/mermaid@10/dist/mermaid.min.js
   - mkdocs/javascript/mermaid.js
   - mkdocs/javascript/edit_and_feedback.js
   - mkdocs/javascript/slack_and_forum.js