diff --git a/app/components/Readme.vue b/app/components/Readme.vue
index 09d2e93e54..5eedd0e44e 100644
--- a/app/components/Readme.vue
+++ b/app/components/Readme.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { scrollToAnchor } from '~/utils/scrollToAnchor'
+
 defineProps<{
   html: string
 }>()
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ const { copy } = useClipboard()
 // Combined click handler for:
 // 1. Intercepting npmjs.com links to route internally
 // 2. Copy button functionality for code blocks
+// 3. Smooth scrolling for hash links
 function handleClick(event: MouseEvent) {
   const target = event.target as HTMLElement | undefined
   if (!target) return
@@ -40,13 +43,24 @@ function handleClick(event: MouseEvent) {
     return
   }
 
-  // Handle npmjs.com link clicks - route internally
+  // Handle anchor link clicks
   const anchor = target.closest('a')
   if (!anchor) return
 
   const href = anchor.getAttribute('href')
   if (!href) return
 
+  // Handle hash links with smooth scrolling (case is normalized server-side)
+  if (href.startsWith('#')) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    const id = href.slice(1)
+    if (id) {
+      scrollToAnchor(id)
+    }
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Handle npmjs.com link clicks - route internally
   const match = href.match(/^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?npmjs\.(?:com|org)(\/.+)$/)
   if (!match || !match[1]) return
 
diff --git a/server/utils/readme.ts b/server/utils/readme.ts
index a1fcfa36d1..d4129a8abe 100644
--- a/server/utils/readme.ts
+++ b/server/utils/readme.ts
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ function slugify(text: string): string {
 function resolveUrl(url: string, packageName: string, repoInfo?: RepositoryInfo): string {
   if (!url) return url
   if (url.startsWith('#')) {
-    // Prefix anchor links to match heading IDs (avoids collision with page IDs)
-    return `#user-content-${url.slice(1)}`
+    // Prefix anchor links and lowercase to match heading IDs
+    // (slugify uses toLowerCase, and prefix avoids collision with page IDs)
+    return `#user-content-${url.slice(1).toLowerCase()}`
   }
   if (hasProtocol(url, { acceptRelative: true })) {
     try {
@@ -265,9 +266,9 @@ function resolveImageUrl(url: string, packageName: string, repoInfo?: Repository
 }
 
 // Helper to prefix id attributes with 'user-content-'
-function prefixId(tagName: string, attribs: sanitizeHtml.Attributes) {
+const prefixId = (tagName: string, attribs: sanitizeHtml.Attributes) => {
   if (attribs.id && !attribs.id.startsWith('user-content-')) {
-    attribs.id = `user-content-${attribs.id}`
+    attribs.id = `user-content-${attribs.id.toLowerCase()}`
   }
   return { tagName, attribs }
 }
diff --git a/test/nuxt/components/Readme.spec.ts b/test/nuxt/components/Readme.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5155582ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nuxt/components/Readme.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { mountSuspended } from '@nuxt/test-utils/runtime'
+import Readme from '~/components/Readme.vue'
+
+describe('Readme', () => {
+  describe('rendering', () => {
+    it('renders the provided HTML content', async () => {
+      const component = await mountSuspended(Readme, {
+        props: { html: '<p>Hello world</p>' },
+      })
+      expect(component.html()).toContain('Hello world')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('hash link click handling', () => {
+    it('allows native browser handling for hash links (does not prevent default)', async () => {
+      const component = await mountSuspended(Readme, {
+        props: { html: '<a href="#Installation">Installation</a>' },
+      })
+
+      const link = component.find('a')
+      const clickEvent = new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true })
+      link.element.dispatchEvent(clickEvent)
+
+      // Hash links should NOT have default prevented - browser handles them natively
+      // (Case normalization happens server-side when generating the href)
+      expect(clickEvent.defaultPrevented).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/nuxt/utils/scrollToAnchor.spec.ts b/test/nuxt/utils/scrollToAnchor.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08604ccfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nuxt/utils/scrollToAnchor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { scrollToAnchor } from '~/utils/scrollToAnchor'
+
+describe('scrollToAnchor', () => {
+  let scrollToSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  let replaceStateSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  let testElement: HTMLElement
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Spy on window.scrollTo
+    scrollToSpy = vi.fn()
+    vi.stubGlobal('scrollTo', scrollToSpy)
+
+    // Spy on history.replaceState
+    replaceStateSpy = vi.spyOn(history, 'replaceState').mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+    // Create a test element
+    testElement = document.createElement('div')
+    testElement.id = 'test-section'
+    document.body.appendChild(testElement)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    // Clean up test element
+    if (testElement && testElement.parentNode) {
+      testElement.parentNode.removeChild(testElement)
+    }
+  })
+
+  describe('with custom scrollFn', () => {
+    it('calls the provided scroll function with the id', () => {
+      const scrollFn = vi.fn()
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section', { scrollFn })
+
+      expect(scrollFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test-section')
+      expect(scrollToSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('does not update URL when using custom scrollFn', () => {
+      const scrollFn = vi.fn()
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section', { scrollFn })
+
+      expect(replaceStateSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('with default scroll behavior', () => {
+    it('does nothing when element is not found', () => {
+      scrollToAnchor('non-existent-id')
+
+      expect(scrollToSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(replaceStateSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('scrolls to element with smooth behavior', () => {
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section')
+
+      expect(scrollToSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          behavior: 'smooth',
+        }),
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('calculates scroll position with header offset', () => {
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section')
+
+      // Verify scrollTo was called with a top property (exact value depends on element position)
+      expect(scrollToSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          top: expect.any(Number),
+        }),
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('updates URL hash by default', () => {
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section')
+
+      expect(replaceStateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, '', '#test-section')
+    })
+
+    it('does not update URL when updateUrl is false', () => {
+      scrollToAnchor('test-section', { updateUrl: false })
+
+      expect(scrollToSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(replaceStateSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('edge cases', () => {
+    it('handles empty id string without errors', () => {
+      expect(() => scrollToAnchor('')).not.toThrow()
+      expect(scrollToSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('handles id with user-content prefix (GitHub-style anchors)', () => {
+      const userContentElement = document.createElement('div')
+      userContentElement.id = 'user-content-installation'
+      document.body.appendChild(userContentElement)
+
+      scrollToAnchor('user-content-installation')
+
+      expect(scrollToSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(replaceStateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, '', '#user-content-installation')
+
+      document.body.removeChild(userContentElement)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts b/test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts
index 808e18b6e3..439e109864 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,21 @@ describe('Markdown File URL Resolution', () => {
 
       expect(result.html).toContain('href="#user-content-installation"')
     })
+
+    it('lowercases anchor links to match heading slugs', async () => {
+      const markdown = `[Jump to Installation](#Installation)`
+      const result = await renderReadmeHtml(markdown, 'test-pkg')
+
+      // Anchor links should be lowercased to match heading IDs (slugify uses toLowerCase)
+      expect(result.html).toContain('href="#user-content-installation"')
+    })
+
+    it('lowercases mixed-case anchor links', async () => {
+      const markdown = `[Jump to Getting Started](#Getting-Started)`
+      const result = await renderReadmeHtml(markdown, 'test-pkg')
+
+      expect(result.html).toContain('href="#user-content-getting-started"')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('different git providers', () => {