diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 32f38c3e55..1a6e854fef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         scala: [2.12, 2.13, 3]
         java: [temurin@8, temurin@17, graalvm@17]
-        project: [rootJS, rootJVM, rootNative]
+        project: [catsNative, catsJS, catsJVM]
         exclude:
           - scala: 2.12
             java: temurin@17
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ jobs:
             java: temurin@17
           - scala: 3
             java: graalvm@17
-          - project: rootJS
+          - project: catsNative
             java: temurin@17
-          - project: rootJS
+          - project: catsNative
             java: graalvm@17
-          - project: rootNative
+          - project: catsJS
             java: temurin@17
-          - project: rootNative
+          - project: catsJS
             java: graalvm@17
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' headerCheckAll scalafmtCheckAll 'project /' scalafmtSbtCheck
 
-      - name: scalaJSLink
-        if: matrix.project == 'rootJS'
-        run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' Test/scalaJSLinkerResult
-
       - name: nativeLink
-        if: matrix.project == 'rootNative'
+        if: matrix.project == 'catsNative'
         run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' Test/nativeLink
 
+      - name: scalaJSLink
+        if: matrix.project == 'catsJS'
+        run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' Test/scalaJSLinkerResult
+
       - name: Test
         run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' test
 
@@ -198,92 +198,92 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.java == 'graalvm@17' && steps.setup-java-graalvm-17.outputs.cache-hit == 'false'
         run: sbt +update
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12, rootJS)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12, catsNative)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-rootJS
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-catsNative
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, rootJS)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, catsNative)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12, rootJVM)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12, catsJS)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-rootJVM
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-catsJS
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, rootJVM)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, catsJS)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12, rootNative)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12, catsJVM)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-rootNative
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12-catsJVM
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, rootNative)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12, catsJVM)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13, rootJS)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13, catsNative)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-rootJS
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-catsNative
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, rootJS)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, catsNative)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13, rootJVM)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13, catsJS)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-rootJVM
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-catsJS
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, rootJVM)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, catsJS)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13, rootNative)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13, catsJVM)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-rootNative
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13-catsJVM
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, rootNative)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13, catsJVM)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (3, rootJS)
+      - name: Download target directories (3, catsNative)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-rootJS
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-catsNative
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (3, rootJS)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (3, catsNative)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (3, rootJVM)
+      - name: Download target directories (3, catsJS)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-rootJVM
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-catsJS
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (3, rootJVM)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (3, catsJS)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (3, rootNative)
+      - name: Download target directories (3, catsJVM)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-rootNative
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-3-catsJVM
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (3, rootNative)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (3, catsJVM)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Submit Dependencies
         uses: scalacenter/sbt-dependency-submission@v2
         with:
-          modules-ignore: rootjs_2.12 rootjs_2.13 rootjs_3 docs_2.12 docs_2.13 docs_3 cats-tests_sjs1_2.12 cats-tests_sjs1_2.13 cats-tests_sjs1_3 rootjvm_2.12 rootjvm_2.13 rootjvm_3 rootnative_2.12 rootnative_2.13 rootnative_3 cats-tests_2.12 cats-tests_2.13 cats-tests_3 bincompattest_2.12 bincompattest_2.13 bincompattest_3 cats-tests_native0.5_2.12 cats-tests_native0.5_2.13 cats-tests_native0.5_3 cats-bench_2.12 cats-bench_2.13 cats-bench_3
+          modules-ignore: catsnative_2.12 catsnative_2.13 catsnative_3 docs_2.12 docs_2.13 docs_3 cats-tests_sjs1_2.12 cats-tests_sjs1_2.13 cats-tests_sjs1_3 cats-tests_2.12 cats-tests_2.13 cats-tests_3 catsjs_2.12 catsjs_2.13 catsjs_3 catsjvm_2.12 catsjvm_2.13 catsjvm_3 bincompattest_2.12 bincompattest_2.13 bincompattest_3 cats-tests_native0.5_2.12 cats-tests_native0.5_2.13 cats-tests_native0.5_3 cats-bench_2.12 cats-bench_2.13 cats-bench_3
           configs-ignore: test scala-tool scala-doc-tool test-internal
 
   validate-steward:
@@ -400,12 +400,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: scala-steward validate-repo-config .scala-steward.conf
 
-  scalafix:
-    name: Scalafix
+  site:
+    name: Generate Site
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        java: [temurin@8]
+        java: [temurin@17]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Install sbt
@@ -456,17 +456,23 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.java == 'graalvm@17' && steps.setup-java-graalvm-17.outputs.cache-hit == 'false'
         run: sbt +update
 
-      - name: Scalafix tests
-        run: |
-          cd scalafix
-          sbt test
+      - name: Generate site
+        run: sbt docs/tlSite
 
-  site:
-    name: Generate Site
+      - name: Publish site
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4.0.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: site/target/docs/site
+          keep_files: true
+
+  scalafix:
+    name: Scalafix
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        java: [temurin@17]
+        java: [temurin@8]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Install sbt
@@ -517,13 +523,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.java == 'graalvm@17' && steps.setup-java-graalvm-17.outputs.cache-hit == 'false'
         run: sbt +update
 
-      - name: Generate site
-        run: sbt docs/tlSite
-
-      - name: Publish site
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: site/target/docs/site
-          keep_files: true
+      - name: Scalafix tests
+        run: |
+          cd scalafix
+          sbt test
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6735795abe..e0fe710ca2 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ lazy val testingDependencies = Seq(
   )
 )
 
-lazy val root = tlCrossRootProject
+lazy val cats = tlCrossRootProject
   .aggregate(
     kernel,
     kernelLaws,