diff --git a/crates/op-host-desktop/Cargo.toml b/crates/op-host-desktop/Cargo.toml
index 17c99ebe2..dd5c55615 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/op-host-desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ role = "Editor"
 # Phase 7.3 reorg: openpencil-shell-core dissolved — widget facade /
 # render-backend / layout scene paths resolve through op-editor-ui.
 op-editor-ui = { path = "../op-editor-ui" }
-op-host-native = { path = "../op-host-native", version = "0.8.0" }
+op-host-native = { path = "../op-host-native", version = "0.8.0", features = ["gl-host"] }
 # Accessibility (#67) — the platform-free `accesskit` core types
 # (`TreeUpdate` / `ActionRequest` / `ActivationHandler` …) used by the
 # desktop a11y adapter (`src/a11y.rs`). The OS-specific subclassing
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/Cargo.toml b/crates/op-host-native/Cargo.toml
index b14e7bea5..5cae76664 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,40 @@ description = "OpenPencil native host — winit + skia-safe + accesskit backend,
 name = "op_host_native"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
+[features]
+# `gl-host` (NON-default) enables the desktop winit/glutin interactive runner
+# tier + skia-safe's `gl` feature + accesskit. Consumers that need the GUI host
+# (`op-host-desktop`, `op-app`) opt in via `features = ["gl-host"]`. Left OFF —
+# the default, used by `op-web-daemon` (via `default-features = false`) and by
+# the mobile `cargo check` (default features) — it yields a raster-only library:
+# no winit / glutin / jian-host-desktop / accesskit, and skia-safe WITHOUT `gl`
+# (so it emits no native GL link directives). The raster `NativeBackend` +
+# `NativeFrameBackend` + offscreen raster + text measurement remain. Mobile is
+# safe by construction: default features = no `gl-host`; the gated deps also live
+# only in the desktop-only target block.
+#
+# Why non-default (Approach Y): cargo can't alias skia-safe twice ("multiple
+# times with different names") and can't make it optional-in-one-target-block +
+# required-in-another; and a `skia-safe/gl` edge in a *default* feature would
+# flip gl on for mobile. Making `gl-host` non-default + opt-in is the only
+# cargo-valid, mobile-safe way to keep skia's `gl` out of the raster build.
+default = []
+gl-host = [
+  "skia-safe/gl",
+  "dep:glutin",
+  "dep:winit",
+  "dep:scopeguard",
+  "dep:jian-host-desktop",
+  "dep:accesskit",
+]
+
+# The basic_window demo needs the GL host stack (SharedSkiaContext + winit);
+# `required-features` makes `cargo build --examples` skip it under
+# `--no-default-features` instead of failing on a missing `main`.
+[[example]]
+name = "basic_window"
+required-features = ["gl-host"]
+
 [dependencies]
 # Phase 7.3 reorg: openpencil-shell-core dissolved — widget facade /
 # theme / layout scene / scene vars / render-backend / gesture types
@@ -20,7 +54,9 @@ op-editor-ui = { path = "../op-editor-ui" }
 # into an `accesskit::TreeUpdate` (see `widget_host/a11y.rs`) for the
 # desktop platform adapter to publish. Pinned to 0.24 to match
 # op-editor-ui + the platform adapter crates' transitive accesskit.
-accesskit = "0.24"
+# Optional + behind `gl-host` (its only user, `widget_host/a11y.rs`, is
+# gl-host-gated) so the raster-only build pulls no accesskit at all.
+accesskit = { version = "0.24", optional = true }
 
 # Canvas Preview (Play) mode serializes the document to JSON before
 # building the jian runtime, so the saved doc is never mutated.
@@ -113,12 +149,11 @@ jian-skia = { path = "../../vendor/jian/crates/jian-skia", version = "0.0.1", fe
 # `compile_error!`. macOS / Windows backends auto-enable via
 # cfg(target_os) and need no feature flag.
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
-skia-safe = { version = "0.97.0", default-features = false, features = [
-  "binary-cache",
-  "textlayout",
-  "gl",
-] }
-glutin = "0.32.3"
+# skia-safe's `gl` feature is added via the `gl-host` feature (`skia-safe/gl`),
+# NOT here — so with `gl-host` off the raster/mobile build links the 5-OS
+# skia-safe above WITHOUT `gl` and emits no native GL link directives. The 5-OS
+# entry is the single skia-safe edge; no desktop-only skia-safe entry is needed.
+glutin = { version = "0.32.3", optional = true }
 # `casement` — ZSeven-W's winit fork (vendored as a submodule under
 # `vendor/casement` so CI checks out the same source the desktop binary
 # links). The `package` key keeps the `winit` import name. `glutin-winit`
@@ -127,14 +162,14 @@ glutin = "0.32.3"
 # tree. Its only use here — `GlWindow::build_surface_attributes` — is
 # replaced by a direct `glutin::surface::SurfaceAttributesBuilder`
 # call in `context/provider.rs`.
-winit = { package = "casement", path = "../../vendor/casement", default-features = false, features = [
+winit = { package = "casement", path = "../../vendor/casement", default-features = false, optional = true, features = [
   "x11",
   "wayland",
   "wayland-csd-adwaita",
   "rwh_06",
 ] }
-scopeguard = "1.2"
-jian-host-desktop = { path = "../../vendor/jian/crates/jian-host-desktop", version = "0.0.1", default-features = false, features = [
+scopeguard = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
+jian-host-desktop = { path = "../../vendor/jian/crates/jian-host-desktop", version = "0.0.1", default-features = false, optional = true, features = [
   "textlayout",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/frame_backend.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/frame_backend.rs
rename to crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/mod.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/mod.rs
index 9d73d572f..e5f2aaf91 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 //! Step 1c+ may wrap `NativeBackend` inside a `WithCanvas<'a>` newtype so
 //! the OP `RenderBackend` trait gets a real impl.
 
+mod frame_backend;
 pub mod skia;
 
+pub use frame_backend::NativeFrameBackend;
 pub use skia::{enumerate_system_font_families, to_jian_rect, NativeBackend};
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/context/mod.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/context/mod.rs
index a0657038a..3a43c76d0 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub use provider::{GlContextProvider, ProviderError, ProviderResult};
 pub use provider::AndroidEglProvider;
 #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
 pub use provider::EaglProvider;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub use provider::GlutinProvider;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ pub use provider::GlutinProvider;
 // (cfg-gated dependencies). Step 1f mobile wiring will introduce a mobile
 // twin (or generalize this one) once iOS / Android providers go from
 // `unimplemented!()` placeholders to real GL contexts.
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 mod shared;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub use shared::{SharedSkiaContext, SharedSkiaError, SharedSkiaResult, SurfaceConfig};
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/context/provider.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/context/provider.rs
index b41527ec0..dcbf85e3b 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/context/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/context/provider.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 //! exist as compile-time placeholders so the public API surface is frozen
 //! before Step 1f real implementations land.
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ impl ProviderError {
     /// desktop `GlutinProvider` to convert glutin / glutin-winit errors;
     /// `cfg(any(...))`-gated to silence `dead_code` on iOS / Android where
     /// no in-tree caller exists yet (Step 1f mobile providers will use it).
+    #[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
     pub(crate) fn from_error<E: Error>(err: E) -> Self {
         Self::Failure(err.to_string())
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ pub trait GlContextProvider {
 /// All non-`Send` glutin handles live in [`Option`]s so `release` can
 /// drop them in a defined order (surface → context → display) without
 /// requiring `&mut self` to consume `self`.
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub struct GlutinProvider {
     /// Currently-current context. `None` after `release`.
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ pub struct GlutinProvider {
     glow: Arc<glow::Context>,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 impl GlutinProvider {
     /// Construct from an existing winit window. Builds a glutin display
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ impl GlutinProvider {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 fn window_surface_size(
     inner: winit::dpi::PhysicalSize<u32>,
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ fn window_surface_size(
     Ok((width, height))
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 fn pick_display_api(
     _raw: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ fn pick_display_api(
     glutin::display::DisplayApiPreference::Cgl
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 fn pick_display_api(
     raw: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@ fn pick_display_api(
     glutin::display::DisplayApiPreference::WglThenEgl(Some(raw))
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn pick_display_api(
     _raw: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
@@ -274,6 +282,7 @@ fn pick_display_api(
     glutin::display::DisplayApiPreference::Egl
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 impl GlContextProvider for GlutinProvider {
     #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
@@ -411,7 +420,7 @@ impl GlContextProvider for AndroidEglProvider {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
+#[cfg(all(test, feature = "gl-host"))]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/lib.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/lib.rs
index 1c79d456a..1e7231031 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub mod context;
     target_os = "android"
 ))]
 pub mod backend;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "macos",
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -65,8 +66,10 @@ pub mod backend;
     target_os = "android"
 ))]
 pub mod boolean_ops;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub mod canvas_view_stub;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "macos",
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ pub mod canvas_view_stub;
 pub mod widget_host;
 // Canvas Preview (Play) mode runtime owner — depends on the OP
 // `RenderBackend` trait (same gate as `widget_host`).
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "macos",
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -93,7 +97,8 @@ pub mod preview;
     target_os = "ios",
     target_os = "android"
 ))]
-pub use backend::{to_jian_rect, NativeBackend};
+pub use backend::{to_jian_rect, NativeBackend, NativeFrameBackend};
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "macos",
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -102,6 +107,7 @@ pub use backend::{to_jian_rect, NativeBackend};
     target_os = "android"
 ))]
 pub use preview::PreviewSession;
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "macos",
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -109,8 +115,9 @@ pub use preview::PreviewSession;
     target_os = "ios",
     target_os = "android"
 ))]
-pub use widget_host::{CursorHint, NativeFrameBackend, WidgetHostNative};
+pub use widget_host::{CursorHint, WidgetHostNative};
 // canvas_view_stub stays desktop-only (uses glow GL-isolation probe).
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub use canvas_view_stub::CanvasViewportStub;
 
@@ -118,6 +125,7 @@ pub use canvas_view_stub::CanvasViewportStub;
 pub use context::{GlContextProvider, ProviderError, ProviderResult};
 
 // Desktop-only re-exports.
+#[cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 pub use context::{
     GlutinProvider, SharedSkiaContext, SharedSkiaError, SharedSkiaResult, SurfaceConfig,
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host.rs
index 1e720d1c1..284c22ed7 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //!
 //! This file is the public spine. Implementation methods are split
 //! across sibling submodules (per the 800-line-per-file ceiling):
-//! - [`frame_backend`] — `NativeFrameBackend` (`RenderBackend` impl)
+//! - `NativeFrameBackend` (`RenderBackend` impl) — moved to `crate::backend`
 //! - [`helpers`] — hex parsing + resize-bounds math + constants
 //! - [`geometry`] — canvas region / cursor hint / picker rect helpers
 //! - [`input`] — cursor-move / release / panel-resize input handlers
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ mod design_md_press_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod figma_import_tests;
 mod font_picker_dispatch;
-mod frame_backend;
 mod geometry;
 mod geometry_settings_hover;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -147,8 +146,6 @@ mod variables_panel_ux_tests;
 mod variables_preset_press;
 mod viewport_fit;
 
-pub use frame_backend::NativeFrameBackend;
-
 /// Cursor affordance the host suggests for a given screen point.
 /// The runner maps each variant to its native cursor (`CursorIcon`
 /// on desktop, CSS `cursor:` string on web).
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/paint.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/paint.rs
index 39305e7aa..e3acea1f6 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/paint.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/widget_host/paint.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 //! Pulled out of `widget_host.rs` to keep the spine file under
 //! the 800-line ceiling.
 
-use super::frame_backend::NativeFrameBackend;
 use super::helpers::{
     GIT_PANEL_CARET_H, GIT_PANEL_CARET_HALF, STATUS_INSET, TOOLBAR_INSET_X, TOOLBAR_INSET_Y,
 };
 use super::WidgetHostNative;
+use crate::backend::NativeFrameBackend;
 use op_editor_ui::widgets::editor_state_ext::theme_for;
 use op_editor_ui::widgets::{
     variables_panel::VariablesPanel, AIChatPlaceholder, AlignToolbar, CanvasViewport,
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/common/mod.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/common/mod.rs
index fced26032..7b154b7a0 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Shared test helpers for `op-host-native`.
 //!
 //! Spec v19 §9 / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16a-16f: this module supplies
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_chrome_stub_composition.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_chrome_stub_composition.rs
index 96bbbe3f4..fa6bc7a65 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_chrome_stub_composition.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_chrome_stub_composition.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 acceptance #2 (chrome + canvas-stub on the same GPU surface)
 //! / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16d / round 6 BLOCK-R6-2.
 //!
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_smoke.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_smoke.rs
index 6efc79bfe..7c7bf1b77 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_smoke.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/gpu_smoke.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 §9.2 / acceptance #3 / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16f.
 //!
 //! Per-OS dispatch:
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/memory_loop.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/memory_loop.rs
index 7108a0c9e..e2b2608e1 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/memory_loop.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/memory_loop.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 §9.3 acceptance #6 / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16b:
 //! 100 iterations of `{ create + frame + present + teardown × 3 }` must
 //! not grow RSS by more than 5 % over baseline.
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/preview_raster.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/preview_raster.rs
index 291751a7c..64b7d16ae 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/preview_raster.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/preview_raster.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Pixel-level proof that Canvas Preview (Play) renders through the
 //! design-canvas scene painter — the "orange renders grey / layout
 //! scattered" bug, verified end-to-end on a real raster surface.
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/raster_composition.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/raster_composition.rs
index 254195ee6..88c3c3e28 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/raster_composition.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/raster_composition.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 acceptance #2 (chrome region) / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16d.
 //!
 //! Round 5 BLOCK-R5-2 fix: this test covers **chrome only** on a raster
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/resize_smoke.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/resize_smoke.rs
index 2e14855a6..969c1a121 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/resize_smoke.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/resize_smoke.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 acceptance #5 (resize / DPI no-flicker) / Phase A Gate
 //! round 2 CONCERN 2.
 //!
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/teardown_idempotent.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/teardown_idempotent.rs
index 6fb578d65..9cefe6732 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/teardown_idempotent.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/teardown_idempotent.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 §3.3 / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16a:
 //! `teardown` + lifecycle hooks must be idempotent.
 //!
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/tests/tracing_spans.rs b/crates/op-host-native/tests/tracing_spans.rs
index 6161f8c3c..f8782c0f2 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/tests/tracing_spans.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/tests/tracing_spans.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "gl-host")]
 //! Spec v19 acceptance #8 / plan v7 Task 2 Step 16c:
 //! `tracing` spans must fire at `begin_frame / present / resize /
 //! teardown` (and the rest of the frame surface). `tracing-test`