diff --git a/src/ui/windows/console_tab.cpp b/src/ui/windows/console_tab.cpp
index b031e1a..25b5a29 100644
--- a/src/ui/windows/console_tab.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/windows/console_tab.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,12 @@ void ConsoleTab::renderToolbar(ConsoleCommandExecutor& exec)
     float filterW = std::min(schema::UI().drawElement("tabs.console", "filter-max-width").size, filterAvail * schema::UI().drawElement("tabs.console", "filter-width-ratio").size);
     ImGui::SetNextItemWidth(filterW);
     ImGui::InputTextWithHint("##ConsoleFilter", TR("console_filter_hint"), filter_text_, sizeof(filter_text_));
+    if (filter_text_[0] != '\0') {
+        ImGui::SameLine(0, Layout::spacingSm());
+        std::string mc = std::to_string(filter_match_count_) + " " + TR("console_matches");
+        Type().textColored(TypeStyle::Caption,
+                           filter_match_count_ > 0 ? OnSurfaceMedium() : Error(), mc.c_str());
+    }
 
     // Zoom +/- buttons (right side of toolbar)
     ImGui::SameLine();
@@ -612,6 +618,13 @@ void ConsoleTab::renderOutput()
                                      s_app_messages_enabled,
                                      COLOR_DAEMON, COLOR_ERROR, COLOR_RPC};
     bool has_text_filter = !outputFilter.text.empty();
+    // Lowercased needle for in-line match highlighting.
+    std::string filter_lower;
+    if (has_text_filter) {
+        filter_lower = std::string(filter_text_);
+        std::transform(filter_lower.begin(), filter_lower.end(), filter_lower.begin(),
+                       [](unsigned char c) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(c)); });
+    }
     bool has_filter = has_text_filter || !outputFilter.daemonMessagesEnabled ||
                       !outputFilter.rpcTraceEnabled || !outputFilter.appMessagesEnabled ||
                       outputFilter.errorsOnly;
@@ -628,6 +641,7 @@ void ConsoleTab::renderOutput()
         }
     }
     int visible_count = static_cast<int>(visible_indices_.size());
+    filter_match_count_ = has_text_filter ? visible_count : 0;
     
     // Calculate wrapped heights AND build sub-row segments for each visible line.
     // Each segment records which bytes of the source text appear on that visual
@@ -881,6 +895,23 @@ void ConsoleTab::renderOutput()
                     selColor);
             }
             
+            // Filter match highlight (case-insensitive) within this segment.
+            if (has_text_filter && !filter_lower.empty() && seg.byteStart < seg.byteEnd) {
+                std::string segLower(segStart, segEnd);
+                std::transform(segLower.begin(), segLower.end(), segLower.begin(),
+                               [](unsigned char c) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(c)); });
+                size_t pos = 0;
+                while ((pos = segLower.find(filter_lower, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+                    float xs = font->CalcTextSizeA(fontSize, FLT_MAX, 0, segStart, segStart + static_cast<int>(pos)).x;
+                    float xe = font->CalcTextSizeA(fontSize, FLT_MAX, 0, segStart,
+                                                   segStart + static_cast<int>(pos + filter_lower.size())).x;
+                    dl->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(lineOrigin.x + xs, rowY),
+                                      ImVec2(lineOrigin.x + xe, rowY + seg.height),
+                                      IM_COL32(255, 210, 0, 70));
+                    pos += filter_lower.size();
+                }
+            }
+
             // Render text segment
             if (seg.byteStart < seg.byteEnd) {
                 dl->AddText(font, fontSize,
diff --git a/src/ui/windows/console_tab.h b/src/ui/windows/console_tab.h
index 9f0a7c6..78e7270 100644
--- a/src/ui/windows/console_tab.h
+++ b/src/ui/windows/console_tab.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ private:
     
     // Output filter
     char filter_text_[128] = {0};
+    mutable int filter_match_count_ = 0;        // lines matching the text filter (for the toolbar)
     mutable std::vector<int> visible_indices_;  // Cached for selection mapping
     
     // Wrapped line height caching (for variable-height text wrapping)
diff --git a/src/util/i18n.cpp b/src/util/i18n.cpp
index 834d39c..de87c86 100644
--- a/src/util/i18n.cpp
+++ b/src/util/i18n.cpp
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ void I18n::loadBuiltinEnglish()
         strings_["console_help_stop"] = "  stop          - Stop the daemon";
         strings_["console_line_count"] = "%zu lines";
         strings_["console_new_lines"] = "new";
+        strings_["console_matches"] = "matches";
         strings_["console_new_lines"] = "%d new lines";
         strings_["console_no_daemon"] = "No daemon";
         strings_["console_not_connected"] = "Error: Not connected to daemon";