diff --git a/src/gui/gpu/builtin.glsl.zig b/src/gui/gpu/builtin.glsl.zig
index 88fb7501..eb1b3873 100644
--- a/src/gui/gpu/builtin.glsl.zig
+++ b/src/gui/gpu/builtin.glsl.zig
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ pub const FsParams = extern struct {
     col_count: i32,
     row_count: i32,
     viewport_height: i32,
+    // Primary cursor (position + appearance)
+    cursor_col: i32,
+    cursor_row: i32,
+    cursor_shape: i32, // 0=block, 1=beam, 2=underline
+    cursor_vis: i32, // 0=hidden, 1=visible
+    cursor_color: [4]f32, // RGBA normalized [0,1]
+    // Secondary cursor colour (positions encoded in ShaderCell._pad)
+    sec_cursor_color: [4]f32, // RGBA normalized [0,1]
 };
 
 const vs_src =
@@ -34,6 +42,12 @@ const fs_src =
     \\uniform int col_count;
     \\uniform int row_count;
     \\uniform int viewport_height;
+    \\uniform int cursor_col;
+    \\uniform int cursor_row;
+    \\uniform int cursor_shape;
+    \\uniform int cursor_vis;
+    \\uniform vec4 cursor_color;
+    \\uniform vec4 sec_cursor_color;
     \\uniform sampler2D glyph_tex_glyph_smp;
     \\uniform usampler2D cell_tex_cell_smp;
     \\out vec4 frag_color;
@@ -59,7 +73,7 @@ const fs_src =
     \\        return;
     \\    }
     \\
-    \\    // Fetch cell: texel = (glyph_index, bg_packed, fg_packed, 0)
+    \\    // Fetch cell: texel = (glyph_index, bg_packed, fg_packed, cursor_flag)
     \\    uvec4 cell = texelFetch(cell_tex_cell_smp, ivec2(col, row), 0);
     \\    vec4 bg = unpack_rgba(cell.g);
     \\    vec4 fg = unpack_rgba(cell.b);
@@ -78,9 +92,31 @@ const fs_src =
     \\                              gr * cell_size_y + cell_px_y);
     \\    float glyph_alpha = texelFetch(glyph_tex_glyph_smp, atlas_coord, 0).r;
     \\
-    \\    // Blend fg over bg
-    \\    vec3 color = mix(bg.rgb, fg.rgb, fg.a * glyph_alpha);
-    \\    frag_color = vec4(color, 1.0);
+    \\    // Cursor detection
+    \\    bool is_primary   = (cursor_vis != 0) && (col == cursor_col) && (row == cursor_row);
+    \\    bool is_secondary = (cell.a != 0u);
+    \\
+    \\    vec3 final_bg = bg.rgb;
+    \\    vec3 final_fg = fg.rgb;
+    \\
+    \\    if (is_primary || is_secondary) {
+    \\        vec4 cur = is_primary ? cursor_color : sec_cursor_color;
+    \\        int shape = cursor_shape;
+    \\
+    \\        if (shape == 1) {
+    \\            // Beam: 2px vertical bar at left edge of cell
+    \\            if (cell_px_x < 2) { frag_color = vec4(cur.rgb, 1.0); return; }
+    \\        } else if (shape == 2) {
+    \\            // Underline: 2px horizontal bar at bottom of cell
+    \\            if (cell_px_y >= cell_size_y - 2) { frag_color = vec4(cur.rgb, 1.0); return; }
+    \\        } else {
+    \\            // Block: cursor colour as bg, inverted for glyph contrast
+    \\            final_bg = cur.rgb;
+    \\            final_fg = vec3(1.0) - cur.rgb;
+    \\        }
+    \\    }
+    \\
+    \\    frag_color = vec4(mix(final_bg, final_fg, fg.a * glyph_alpha), 1.0);
     \\}
 ;
 
@@ -91,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn shaderDesc(backend: sg.Backend) sg.ShaderDesc {
             desc.vertex_func.source = vs_src;
             desc.fragment_func.source = fs_src;
 
-            // Fragment uniform block: 4 individual INT uniforms
+            // Fragment uniform block: individual uniforms (GLCORE uses glUniform* calls)
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].stage = .FRAGMENT;
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].size = @sizeOf(FsParams);
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].layout = .NATIVE;
@@ -100,6 +136,12 @@ pub fn shaderDesc(backend: sg.Backend) sg.ShaderDesc {
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[2] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "col_count" };
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[3] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "row_count" };
             desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[4] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "viewport_height" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[5] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "cursor_col" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[6] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "cursor_row" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[7] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "cursor_shape" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[8] = .{ .type = .INT, .glsl_name = "cursor_vis" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[9] = .{ .type = .FLOAT4, .glsl_name = "cursor_color" };
+            desc.uniform_blocks[0].glsl_uniforms[10] = .{ .type = .FLOAT4, .glsl_name = "sec_cursor_color" };
 
             // Glyph atlas texture: R8 → sample_type = FLOAT
             desc.views[0].texture = .{
diff --git a/src/gui/gpu/gpu.zig b/src/gui/gpu/gpu.zig
index d741adbc..7c75b181 100644
--- a/src/gui/gpu/gpu.zig
+++ b/src/gui/gpu/gpu.zig
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ pub const Cell = gui_cell.Cell;
 pub const Color = gui_cell.Rgba8;
 const Rgba8 = gui_cell.Rgba8;
 
+pub const CursorShape = enum(i32) { block = 0, beam = 1, underline = 2 };
+
+pub const CursorInfo = struct {
+    vis: bool = false,
+    row: u16 = 0,
+    col: u16 = 0,
+    shape: CursorShape = .block,
+    color: Color = Color.initRgb(255, 255, 255),
+};
+
 const log = std.log.scoped(.gpu);
 
 // Maximum glyph atlas dimension.  4096 is universally supported and gives
@@ -350,6 +360,8 @@ pub fn paint(
     col_count: u16,
     top: u16,
     cells: []const Cell,
+    cursor: CursorInfo,
+    secondary_cursors: []const CursorInfo,
 ) void {
     const shader_col_count: u16 = @intCast(@divTrunc(client_size.x, font.cell_size.x));
     const shader_row_count: u16 = @intCast(@divTrunc(client_size.y, font.cell_size.y));
@@ -388,6 +400,13 @@ pub fn paint(
         }
     }
 
+    // Mark secondary cursor cells in the _pad field (read by fragment shader).
+    for (secondary_cursors) |sc| {
+        if (!sc.vis) continue;
+        if (sc.row >= shader_row_count or sc.col >= shader_col_count) continue;
+        shader_cells[@as(usize, sc.row) * shader_col_count + sc.col]._pad = 1;
+    }
+
     // Upload glyph atlas to GPU if any new glyphs were rasterized this frame.
     if (state.glyph_atlas_dirty) flushGlyphAtlas(state);
 
@@ -429,12 +448,23 @@ pub fn paint(
     bindings.samplers[1] = global.cell_sampler;
     sg.applyBindings(bindings);
 
+    const sec_color: Color = if (secondary_cursors.len > 0)
+        secondary_cursors[0].color
+    else
+        Color.initRgb(255, 255, 255);
+
     const fs_params = builtin_shader.FsParams{
         .cell_size_x = font.cell_size.x,
         .cell_size_y = font.cell_size.y,
         .col_count = shader_col_count,
         .row_count = shader_row_count,
         .viewport_height = @intCast(client_size.y),
+        .cursor_col = cursor.col,
+        .cursor_row = cursor.row,
+        .cursor_shape = @intFromEnum(cursor.shape),
+        .cursor_vis = if (cursor.vis) 1 else 0,
+        .cursor_color = colorToVec4(cursor.color),
+        .sec_cursor_color = colorToVec4(sec_color),
     };
     sg.applyUniforms(0, .{
         .ptr = &fs_params,
@@ -446,6 +476,15 @@ pub fn paint(
     // Note: caller (app.zig) calls sg.commit() and window.swapBuffers()
 }
 
+fn colorToVec4(c: Color) [4]f32 {
+    return .{
+        @as(f32, @floatFromInt(c.r)) / 255.0,
+        @as(f32, @floatFromInt(c.g)) / 255.0,
+        @as(f32, @floatFromInt(c.b)) / 255.0,
+        @as(f32, @floatFromInt(c.a)) / 255.0,
+    };
+}
+
 fn oom(e: error{OutOfMemory}) noreturn {
     @panic(@errorName(e));
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/wio/app.zig b/src/gui/wio/app.zig
index 0b1e06bd..9d1bb98a 100644
--- a/src/gui/wio/app.zig
+++ b/src/gui/wio/app.zig
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const gui_config = @import("gui_config");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.wio_app);
 
+// Re-export cursor types so renderer.zig (which imports 'app' but not 'gpu')
+// can use them without a direct dependency on the gpu module.
+pub const CursorInfo = gpu.CursorInfo;
+pub const CursorShape = gpu.CursorShape;
+pub const GpuColor = gpu.Color;
+
 // ── Shared state (protected by screen_mutex) ──────────────────────────────
 
 const ScreenSnapshot = struct {
@@ -31,6 +37,9 @@ const ScreenSnapshot = struct {
     widths: []u8,
     width: u16,
     height: u16,
+    // Cursor state (set by renderer thread, consumed by wio thread)
+    cursor: gpu.CursorInfo,
+    secondary_cursors: []gpu.CursorInfo, // heap-allocated, freed with snapshot
 };
 
 var gpa: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .{};
@@ -92,7 +101,11 @@ pub fn stop() void {
 }
 
 /// Called from the tui thread to push a new screen to the GPU thread.
-pub fn updateScreen(vx_screen: *const vaxis.Screen) void {
+pub fn updateScreen(
+    vx_screen: *const vaxis.Screen,
+    cursor: gpu.CursorInfo,
+    secondary_cursors: []const gpu.CursorInfo,
+) void {
     const allocator = gpa.allocator();
     const cell_count: usize = @as(usize, vx_screen.width) * @as(usize, vx_screen.height);
 
@@ -106,6 +119,13 @@ pub fn updateScreen(vx_screen: *const vaxis.Screen) void {
         allocator.free(new_codepoints);
         return;
     };
+    const new_sec = allocator.alloc(gpu.CursorInfo, secondary_cursors.len) catch {
+        allocator.free(new_cells);
+        allocator.free(new_codepoints);
+        allocator.free(new_widths);
+        return;
+    };
+    @memcpy(new_sec, secondary_cursors);
 
     // Convert vaxis cells → gpu.Cell (colours only; glyph indices filled on GPU thread).
     for (vx_screen.buf[0..cell_count], new_cells, new_codepoints, new_widths) |*vc, *gc, *cp, *wt| {
@@ -131,6 +151,7 @@ pub fn updateScreen(vx_screen: *const vaxis.Screen) void {
         allocator.free(old.cells);
         allocator.free(old.codepoints);
         allocator.free(old.widths);
+        allocator.free(old.secondary_cursors);
     }
     screen_snap = .{
         .cells = new_cells,
@@ -138,6 +159,8 @@ pub fn updateScreen(vx_screen: *const vaxis.Screen) void {
         .widths = new_widths,
         .width = vx_screen.width,
         .height = vx_screen.height,
+        .cursor = cursor,
+        .secondary_cursors = new_sec,
     };
 
     screen_pending.store(true, .release);
@@ -561,6 +584,7 @@ fn wioLoop() void {
                     allocator.free(s.cells);
                     allocator.free(s.codepoints);
                     allocator.free(s.widths);
+                    allocator.free(s.secondary_cursors);
                 }
 
                 state.size = .{ .x = win_size.width, .y = win_size.height };
@@ -595,6 +619,8 @@ fn wioLoop() void {
                     s.width,
                     0,
                     cells_with_glyphs,
+                    s.cursor,
+                    s.secondary_cursors,
                 );
                 sg.commit();
                 window.swapBuffers();
diff --git a/src/renderer/gui/renderer.zig b/src/renderer/gui/renderer.zig
index 49c4a73c..7d0e53f4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/gui/renderer.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/gui/renderer.zig
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ dispatch_event: ?*const fn (ctx: *anyopaque, cbor_msg: []const u8) void = null,
 thread: ?std.Thread = null,
 window_ready: bool = false,
 
+cursor_info: app.CursorInfo = .{},
+cursor_color: app.GpuColor = app.GpuColor.initRgb(255, 255, 255),
+secondary_cursors: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(app.CursorInfo) = .{},
+secondary_color: app.GpuColor = app.GpuColor.initRgb(255, 255, 255),
+
 const global = struct {
     var init_called: bool = false;
 };
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ pub fn init(
         .dispatch_initialized = dispatch_initialized,
     };
     result.vx.caps.unicode = .unicode;
+    result.vx.caps.multi_cursor = true;
     result.vx.screen.width_method = .unicode;
     return result;
 }
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
     var drop: std.Io.Writer.Discarding = .init(&.{});
     self.vx.deinit(self.allocator, &drop.writer);
     self.event_buffer.deinit();
+    self.secondary_cursors.deinit(self.allocator);
 }
 
 pub fn run(self: *Self) Error!void {
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ fn fmtmsg(self: *Self, value: anytype) std.Io.Writer.Error![]const u8 {
 
 pub fn render(self: *Self) error{}!void {
     if (!self.window_ready) return;
-    app.updateScreen(&self.vx.screen);
+    app.updateScreen(&self.vx.screen, self.cursor_info, self.secondary_cursors.items);
 }
 
 pub fn sigwinch(self: *Self) !void {
@@ -414,13 +421,11 @@ pub fn get_fontfaces(self: *Self) void {
 }
 
 pub fn set_terminal_cursor_color(self: *Self, color: Color) void {
-    _ = self;
-    _ = color;
+    self.cursor_color = themeColorToGpu(color);
 }
 
 pub fn set_terminal_secondary_cursor_color(self: *Self, color: Color) void {
-    _ = self;
-    _ = color;
+    self.secondary_color = themeColorToGpu(color);
 }
 
 pub fn set_terminal_working_directory(self: *Self, absolute_path: []const u8) void {
@@ -462,24 +467,48 @@ pub fn request_mouse_cursor_default(self: *Self, push_or_pop: bool) void {
 }
 
 pub fn cursor_enable(self: *Self, y: i32, x: i32, shape: CursorShape) !void {
-    _ = self;
-    _ = y;
-    _ = x;
-    _ = shape;
+    self.cursor_info = .{
+        .vis = true,
+        .row = if (y < 0) 0 else @intCast(y),
+        .col = if (x < 0) 0 else @intCast(x),
+        .shape = vaxisCursorShape(shape),
+        .color = self.cursor_color,
+    };
 }
 
 pub fn cursor_disable(self: *Self) void {
-    _ = self;
+    self.cursor_info.vis = false;
 }
 
 pub fn clear_all_multi_cursors(self: *Self) !void {
-    _ = self;
+    self.secondary_cursors.clearRetainingCapacity();
 }
 
 pub fn show_multi_cursor_yx(self: *Self, y: i32, x: i32) !void {
-    _ = self;
-    _ = y;
-    _ = x;
+    try self.secondary_cursors.append(self.allocator, .{
+        .vis = true,
+        .row = if (y < 0) 0 else @intCast(y),
+        .col = if (x < 0) 0 else @intCast(x),
+        .shape = self.cursor_info.shape,
+        .color = self.secondary_color,
+    });
+}
+
+fn themeColorToGpu(color: Color) app.GpuColor {
+    return .{
+        .r = @truncate(color.color >> 16),
+        .g = @truncate(color.color >> 8),
+        .b = @truncate(color.color),
+        .a = color.alpha,
+    };
+}
+
+fn vaxisCursorShape(shape: CursorShape) app.CursorShape {
+    return switch (shape) {
+        .default, .block, .block_blink => .block,
+        .beam, .beam_blink => .beam,
+        .underline, .underline_blink => .underline,
+    };
 }
 
 pub fn copy_to_system_clipboard(self: *Self, text: []const u8) void {
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 502ae979..bc92fa2b 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -2190,7 +2190,6 @@ pub fn is_cursor_beam() bool {
 }
 
 pub fn has_native_cursor() bool {
-    if (build_options.gui) return false;
     return current().config_.enable_terminal_cursor;
 }