diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 909e319..f07eba7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The **one-button optimizer** is an intelligent, interactive system optimizer tha
 ### Quick Tools
 
 - `./one-button-optimizer.sh` - **Main interactive optimizer** (recommended)
+- `./configure-apps-for-tmpfs.sh` - **Configure applications** to use tmpfs caches (browsers, dev tools)
 - `./quick-status-check.sh` - **Quick system status** overview (no changes)
 - `./tmpfs-info.sh` - **Detailed tmpfs information** and configuration guide
 - `./launcher.sh` - **Auto-sudo launcher** for the optimizer
diff --git a/configure-apps-for-tmpfs.sh b/configure-apps-for-tmpfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0652486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure-apps-for-tmpfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Configure applications to use tmpfs caches
+# Run this after setting up tmpfs mounts to automatically configure your apps
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Colors
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+log() {
+    echo -e "${BLUE}[INFO]${NC} $1"
+}
+
+success() {
+    echo -e "${GREEN}[SUCCESS]${NC} $1"
+}
+
+warn() {
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARNING]${NC} $1"
+}
+
+error() {
+    echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1"
+}
+
+# Check if running as root
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   error "This script must be run as root (use sudo)"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "🔧 Application tmpfs Cache Configurator"
+echo "======================================="
+echo ""
+
+# Check if tmpfs mounts exist
+if ! mount | grep -q "tmpfs.*tmpfs-cache"; then
+    error "No tmpfs-cache mounts found!"
+    echo "Please run the optimizer first: sudo ./one-button-optimizer.sh"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+log "Found tmpfs cache mounts:"
+mount | grep "tmpfs.*tmpfs-cache" | awk '{print "  • " $3}'
+echo ""
+
+configure_applications_for_tmpfs() {
+    log "Auto-configuring applications to use tmpfs caches..."
+    echo ""
+    
+    local configured_count=0
+    local current_user=$(logname 2>/dev/null || echo $SUDO_USER)
+    local user_home=$(eval echo ~$current_user)
+    
+    # Browser Configuration
+    echo "🌐 Configuring Browsers:"
+    
+    # Firefox
+    for firefox_profile in "$user_home"/.mozilla/firefox/*.default* "$user_home"/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release*; do
+        if [[ -d "$firefox_profile" ]]; then
+            local prefs_file="$firefox_profile/prefs.js"
+            if [[ -f "$prefs_file" ]]; then
+                # Check if already configured
+                if grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$prefs_file" 2>/dev/null; then
+                    log "  ℹ️  Firefox already configured"
+                    ((configured_count++))
+                    continue
+                fi
+                
+                # Backup original
+                cp "$prefs_file" "$prefs_file.backup.$(date +%s)" 2>/dev/null || true
+                
+                # Remove old cache settings
+                sed -i '/browser.cache.disk.parent_directory/d' "$prefs_file" 2>/dev/null || true
+                
+                # Add new cache location
+                echo 'user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory", "/tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/firefox");' >> "$prefs_file"
+                
+                # Create cache directory
+                mkdir -p /tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/firefox
+                chown -R $current_user:$current_user /tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/firefox
+                
+                success "  ✅ Firefox configured to use tmpfs cache"
+                ((configured_count++))
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    # Chrome/Chromium
+    if command -v google-chrome &>/dev/null || command -v chromium &>/dev/null; then
+        local chrome_dir="$user_home/.config/google-chrome"
+        local chromium_dir="$user_home/.config/chromium"
+        
+        for browser_dir in "$chrome_dir" "$chromium_dir"; do
+            if [[ -d "$browser_dir" ]]; then
+                local browser_name=$(basename "$browser_dir")
+                mkdir -p /tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/$browser_name
+                
+                # Create wrapper script to launch with cache dir
+                local desktop_file=""
+                if [[ "$browser_name" == "google-chrome" ]]; then
+                    desktop_file="$user_home/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop"
+                    if [[ -f "$desktop_file" ]] && grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$desktop_file" 2>/dev/null; then
+                        log "  ℹ️  Chrome already configured"
+                        ((configured_count++))
+                        continue
+                    fi
+                    
+                    mkdir -p "$user_home/.local/share/applications"
+                    cat > "$desktop_file" << 'CHROMEOF'
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=Google Chrome (tmpfs optimized)
+Exec=google-chrome --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/google-chrome %U
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Icon=google-chrome
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
+MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
+CHROMEOF
+                else
+                    desktop_file="$user_home/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop"
+                    if [[ -f "$desktop_file" ]] && grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$desktop_file" 2>/dev/null; then
+                        log "  ℹ️  Chromium already configured"
+                        ((configured_count++))
+                        continue
+                    fi
+                    
+                    mkdir -p "$user_home/.local/share/applications"
+                    cat > "$desktop_file" << 'CHROMIUMEOF'
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=Chromium (tmpfs optimized)
+Exec=chromium --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/chromium %U
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Icon=chromium
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
+MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
+CHROMIUMEOF
+                fi
+                
+                chown $current_user:$current_user "$desktop_file" 2>/dev/null || true
+                chmod +x "$desktop_file" 2>/dev/null || true
+                
+                success "  ✅ $browser_name configured to use tmpfs cache"
+                ((configured_count++))
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+    
+    # Brave
+    if [[ -d "$user_home/.config/BraveSoftware" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p /tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/brave
+        local brave_desktop="$user_home/.local/share/applications/brave-browser.desktop"
+        
+        if [[ -f "$brave_desktop" ]] && grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$brave_desktop" 2>/dev/null; then
+            log "  ℹ️  Brave already configured"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        else
+            mkdir -p "$user_home/.local/share/applications"
+            cat > "$brave_desktop" << 'BRAVEEOF'
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=Brave Browser (tmpfs optimized)
+Exec=brave-browser --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/brave %U
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Icon=brave-browser
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
+MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
+BRAVEEOF
+            chown $current_user:$current_user "$brave_desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
+            chmod +x "$brave_desktop" 2>/dev/null || true
+            success "  ✅ Brave configured to use tmpfs cache"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        fi
+    fi
+    
+    # Development Tools Configuration
+    echo ""
+    echo "💻 Configuring Development Tools:"
+    
+    # NPM
+    if command -v npm &>/dev/null; then
+        local npm_cache=$(sudo -u $current_user npm config get cache 2>/dev/null)
+        if [[ "$npm_cache" == *"tmpfs-cache"* ]]; then
+            log "  ℹ️  NPM already configured"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        else
+            sudo -u $current_user npm config set cache /tmp/tmpfs-cache/development/npm 2>/dev/null && \
+            success "  ✅ NPM cache configured" && ((configured_count++))
+        fi
+    fi
+    
+    # Pip
+    if command -v pip3 &>/dev/null || command -v pip &>/dev/null; then
+        if [[ -f "$user_home/.config/pip/pip.conf" ]] && grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$user_home/.config/pip/pip.conf" 2>/dev/null; then
+            log "  ℹ️  Pip already configured"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        else
+            mkdir -p "$user_home/.config/pip"
+            cat > "$user_home/.config/pip/pip.conf" << 'PIPEOF'
+[global]
+cache-dir = /tmp/tmpfs-cache/development/pip
+PIPEOF
+            chown -R $current_user:$current_user "$user_home/.config/pip" 2>/dev/null || true
+            success "  ✅ Pip cache configured" && ((configured_count++))
+        fi
+    fi
+    
+    # KDE/Plasma Configuration
+    if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"KDE"* ]] || [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" == *"plasma"* ]]; then
+        echo ""
+        echo "🖥️  Configuring KDE/Plasma:"
+        
+        # Link thumbnails
+        if [[ -L "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails" ]] && [[ "$(readlink -f "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails")" == *"tmpfs-cache"* ]]; then
+            log "  ℹ️  KDE thumbnails already configured"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        else
+            if [[ -d "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails" ]] && [[ ! -L "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails" ]]; then
+                mv "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails" "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails.backup.$(date +%s)" 2>/dev/null || true
+            fi
+            mkdir -p /tmp/tmpfs-cache/kde/thumbnails
+            ln -sf /tmp/tmpfs-cache/kde/thumbnails "$user_home/.cache/thumbnails"
+            chown -R $current_user:$current_user /tmp/tmpfs-cache/kde/thumbnails
+            success "  ✅ KDE thumbnail cache linked to tmpfs"
+            ((configured_count++))
+        fi
+    fi
+    
+    echo ""
+    if [[ $configured_count -gt 0 ]]; then
+        success "🎉 Configured/verified $configured_count applications!"
+        echo ""
+        log "💡 Restart the configured applications to use tmpfs caches"
+        echo ""
+        echo "📊 Check cache usage with: df -h /tmp/tmpfs-cache/*"
+    else
+        log "ℹ️  No applications detected for automatic configuration"
+        echo ""
+        echo "   You can manually configure other applications to use:"
+        echo "   • Browser cache: /tmp/tmpfs-cache/browser/"
+        echo "   • Dev tools: /tmp/tmpfs-cache/development/"
+        echo "   • IDE cache: /tmp/tmpfs-cache/ide/"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Run the configuration
+configure_applications_for_tmpfs
+
+echo ""
+success "✅ Configuration complete!"
diff --git a/one-button-optimizer.sh b/one-button-optimizer.sh
index 3d9572e..b1f39ff 100755
--- a/one-button-optimizer.sh
+++ b/one-button-optimizer.sh
@@ -550,6 +550,34 @@ analyze_and_prompt() {
         echo "   df -h /tmp/tmpfs-cache/*     # Check tmpfs usage"
         echo "   swapon --show                # Check zram status"
         echo ""
+        
+        # Check if applications are already configured for tmpfs
+        local current_user=$(logname 2>/dev/null || echo $SUDO_USER)
+        local user_home=$(eval echo ~$current_user)
+        local apps_configured=false
+        
+        # Quick check if browsers are configured
+        if [[ -f "$user_home/.mozilla/firefox"/*default*/prefs.js ]] && \
+           grep -q "tmpfs-cache" "$user_home/.mozilla/firefox"/*default*/prefs.js 2>/dev/null; then
+            apps_configured=true
+        fi
+        
+        if [[ ! $apps_configured ]]; then
+            echo "📱 Application Configuration:"
+            echo "   ⚠️  Your applications are not yet configured to use tmpfs caches"
+            echo ""
+            read -p "   Would you like to automatically configure your browsers and dev tools? (y/N): " -n 1 -r
+            echo
+            if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+                echo ""
+                configure_applications_for_tmpfs
+                echo ""
+                success "Configuration complete! Restart your applications to use tmpfs caches."
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "   ✅ Applications are configured to use tmpfs caches"
+        fi
+        echo ""
         echo "🎯 Your system is fully optimized for maximum performance!"
         exit 0
     fi