diff --git a/src/render/mouse.test.ts b/src/render/mouse.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c82c875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/mouse.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { parseMouseEvent } from "./mouse.ts";
+
+describe("parseMouseEvent", () => {
+  it("parses a valid left click (button 0) press", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0;12;5M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 0, x: 12, y: 5, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("parses a valid left click (button 0) release", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0;12;5m");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 0, x: 12, y: 5, isRelease: true });
+  });
+
+  it("parses a valid middle click (button 1)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<1;100;50M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 1, x: 100, y: 50, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("parses a valid right click (button 2)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<2;5;1M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 2, x: 5, y: 1, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("parses wheel up (button 64)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<64;10;10M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 64, x: 10, y: 10, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("parses wheel down (button 65)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<65;10;10M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 65, x: 10, y: 10, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for malformed sequence (missing bracket)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[0;12;5M");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for malformed sequence (non-numeric button)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<a;12;5M");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for malformed sequence (missing semicolon)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0,12;5M");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for empty string", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for partial/truncated sequence", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0;12");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for unrelated escape sequence", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[A"); // arrow up
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for non-escape sequence", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("hello");
+    expect(event).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("handles edge-case coordinates (0, 0)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0;0;0M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 0, x: 0, y: 0, isRelease: false });
+  });
+
+  it("handles large coordinates (999, 999)", () => {
+    const event = parseMouseEvent("\x1b[<0;999;999M");
+    expect(event).toEqual({ button: 0, x: 999, y: 999, isRelease: false });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/render/mouse.ts b/src/render/mouse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc30322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render/mouse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Mouse event parsing for SGR-mode terminal mouse reporting.
+// SGR format: CSI [< button ; x ; y M/m where M=press, m=release
+
+export interface MouseEvent {
+  button: number;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  isRelease: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses an SGR-format mouse event sequence.
+ * Returns a structured event or null if the sequence doesn't match or is malformed.
+ *
+ * SGR format: \x1b[<button;x;yM (press) or \x1b[<button;x;ym (release)
+ * Button codes:
+ *   0 = left click
+ *   1 = middle click
+ *   2 = right click
+ *   64 = wheel up
+ *   65 = wheel down
+ */
+const SGR_MOUSE_PREFIX = "\x1b[<";
+
+export function parseMouseEvent(sequence: string): MouseEvent | null {
+  if (!sequence.startsWith(SGR_MOUSE_PREFIX)) return null;
+  const match = sequence.slice(SGR_MOUSE_PREFIX.length).match(/^(\d+);(\d+);(\d+)([Mm])$/);
+  if (!match) return null;
+
+  const button = parseInt(match[1], 10);
+  const x = parseInt(match[2], 10);
+  const y = parseInt(match[3], 10);
+  const isRelease = match[4] === "m"; // lowercase m = release, uppercase M = press
+
+  return { button, x, y, isRelease };
+}
diff --git a/src/tui.ts b/src/tui.ts
index ef72740..b2bf801 100644
--- a/src/tui.ts
+++ b/src/tui.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   flattenTeamSections,
   rebuildTeamSections,
 } from "./group.ts";
+import { parseMouseEvent } from "./render/mouse.ts";
 import type { FilterTarget, OutputFormat, OutputType, RepoGroup, Row } from "./types.ts";
 
 // ─── Key binding constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ export async function runInteractive(
 
   process.stdin.setRawMode(true);
   readline.emitKeypressEvents(process.stdin);
+  // Enable SGR mouse reporting on the terminal
+  process.stdout.write("\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h");
 
   let cursor = 0;
   let scrollOffset = 0;
@@ -261,6 +264,8 @@ export async function runInteractive(
 
   // ─── Exit handler for cleanup ────────────────────────────────────────────
   const exit = () => {
+    // Disable SGR mouse reporting and clear terminal
+    process.stdout.write("\x1b[?1000l\x1b[?1006l");
     process.stdout.write(ANSI_CLEAR);
     process.stdin.setRawMode(false);
     process.off("SIGWINCH", onResize);
@@ -283,6 +288,13 @@ export async function runInteractive(
   for await (const chunk of process.stdin) {
     const key = chunk.toString();
 
+    // Try parsing as a mouse event; if it's not a mouse event, treat as keyboard input
+    const mouseEvent = parseMouseEvent(key);
+    if (mouseEvent !== null) {
+      // Mouse events are silently ignored for now; this hook is here for future #170 / #168
+      continue;
+    }
+
     // Reset the gg pending state on every key that isn't a sequence of one
     // or more plain "g" characters. This allows terminals that batch key
     // repeats (e.g. delivering "gg" in a single chunk) to still participate