diff --git a/COMPARISON.md b/COMPARISON.md
index c1f3714..60a1233 100644
--- a/COMPARISON.md
+++ b/COMPARISON.md
@@ -159,11 +159,12 @@ Status: `[x]` reviewed, `[-]` known acceptable, `[ ]` needs work
 - [-] hugo-extended — 14 extras: non-extended assets leaking in; keep as-is for now
 - [x] kubectx — asset_filter splits shared release
 - [x] kubens — asset_filter splits shared release
-- [x] node — nodedist "exe" format code doesn't map to a real file; skipped
-- [x] ollama — Ollama-darwin.zip tagged as installer; .tgz filename
-      differs from live's .tar.gz but maps to same format
+- [x] node — .exe bare binary stored with "bare-exe" variant (Go can serve,
+      legacy excludes); .msi tagged as installer
+- [x] ollama — Ollama-darwin.zip tagged as "app" variant (Go can install,
+      legacy excludes); .tgz normalized to .tar.gz in filename
 - [-] uuidv7 — exotic arches correctly classified; resolver filters by request
-- [x] yq — man_page_only now caught by isMetaAsset
+- [x] yq — man_page_only tagged as "man-pages" variant in yq-specific tagger
 - [x] ffmpeg — asset_filter=ffmpeg excludes ffprobe/ffplay; .LICENSE/.README
       now caught by isMetaAsset
 
diff --git a/cmd/webicached/main.go b/cmd/webicached/main.go
index 0e96689..f05d3bb 100644
--- a/cmd/webicached/main.go
+++ b/cmd/webicached/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/ollama"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/pwsh"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/xcaddy"
+	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/yq"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/zigdist"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage/fsstore"
@@ -724,9 +725,7 @@ func expandNodeFile(pkg, version, channel, date string, lts bool, baseURL, file
 	case "msi":
 		formats = []string{".msi"}
 	case "exe":
-		// Node.js "exe" index entry doesn't correspond to a real download.
-		// The MSI installer is the actual Windows installer; skip exe.
-		return nil
+		formats = []string{".exe"}
 	case "7z":
 		formats = []string{".7z"}
 	case "":
@@ -1462,7 +1461,7 @@ func isMetaAsset(name string) bool {
 	for _, contains := range []string{
 		"checksums", "sha256sum", "sha512sum",
 		"buildable-artifact",
-		"man_page_only", ".LICENSE", ".README",
+		".LICENSE", ".README",
 	} {
 		if strings.Contains(lower, contains) {
 			return true
@@ -1498,6 +1497,8 @@ func tagVariants(pkg string, _ *installerconf.Conf, assets []storage.Asset) {
 		pwsh.TagVariants(assets)
 	case "xcaddy":
 		xcaddy.TagVariants(assets)
+	case "yq":
+		yq.TagVariants(assets)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/releases/node/variants.go b/internal/releases/node/variants.go
index c833f0e..66f8a36 100644
--- a/internal/releases/node/variants.go
+++ b/internal/releases/node/variants.go
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ package node
 import "github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage"
 
 // TagVariants tags node-specific build variants.
-// Only .msi files are installers; .exe is the bare binary.
+//
+// .msi is a Windows installer. .exe is the bare node.exe binary — valid
+// and installable by Go, but not present in the legacy Node.js cache
+// (the nodedist classifier doesn't construct that filename).
 func TagVariants(assets []storage.Asset) {
 	for i := range assets {
-		if assets[i].Format == ".msi" {
+		switch assets[i].Format {
+		case ".msi":
 			assets[i].Variants = append(assets[i].Variants, "installer")
+		case ".exe":
+			assets[i].Variants = append(assets[i].Variants, "bare-exe")
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/releases/ollama/variants.go b/internal/releases/ollama/variants.go
index c4056e0..eeb0882 100644
--- a/internal/releases/ollama/variants.go
+++ b/internal/releases/ollama/variants.go
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ func TagVariants(assets []storage.Asset) {
 			}
 		}
 		// Ollama-darwin.zip (capital O) is the macOS .app bundle.
+		// Installable by Go (extract .app), but not in legacy cache.
 		if strings.HasPrefix(assets[i].Filename, "Ollama-") {
-			assets[i].Variants = append(assets[i].Variants, "installer")
+			assets[i].Variants = append(assets[i].Variants, "app")
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/releases/yq/variants.go b/internal/releases/yq/variants.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d87494a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/releases/yq/variants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Package yq provides variant tagging for yq releases.
+//
+// yq publishes a man-page-only tarball alongside binaries.
+package yq
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage"
+)
+
+// TagVariants tags yq-specific build variants.
+func TagVariants(assets []storage.Asset) {
+	for i := range assets {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(assets[i].Filename), "man_page_only") {
+			assets[i].Variants = append(assets[i].Variants, "man-pages")
+		}
+	}
+}