diff --git a/components/profile-modal.html b/components/profile-modal.html
index 62583aee..b10ac6e2 100644
--- a/components/profile-modal.html
+++ b/components/profile-modal.html
@@ -1067,295 +1067,7 @@
               role="tabpanel"
               aria-labelledby="profileNavMessages"
             >
-              <p class="text-sm text-muted">
-                View encrypted conversations sent with NIP-04 or NIP-44. bitvid keeps message data on this device only.
-              </p>
-              <div class="card space-y-4 p-4">
-                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-3">
-                  <div class="space-y-1">
-                    <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-text">Direct message actions</h3>
-                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-                      Start a new DM or jump to relay preferences before you send.
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                  <button
-                    id="profileMessagesSendDm"
-                    type="button"
-                    class="btn focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                    data-size="sm"
-                  >
-                    Send DM
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-3">
-                  <div class="space-y-1">
-                    <h4 class="text-xs font-semibold text-text">Recipient DM relays</h4>
-                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-                      Use the relays advertised in kind 10050 to prioritize encrypted delivery.
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                  <button
-                    id="profileMessagesOpenRelays"
-                    type="button"
-                    class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                    data-size="sm"
-                  >
-                    Use DM relays
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-3">
-                  <div class="space-y-1">
-                    <h4 class="text-xs font-semibold text-text">NIP-17 privacy delivery</h4>
-                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-                      Send gift-wrapped DMs to the relays your recipient advertises in kind 10050.
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                  <label
-                    for="profileMessagesPrivacyToggle"
-                    class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-muted-strong"
-                    title="NIP-17 gift-wraps your DM so relays only see the wrapper and relay hints, not the plaintext. It requires the recipient to publish kind 10050 relay hints."
-                  >
-                    <input
-                      id="profileMessagesPrivacyToggle"
-                      type="checkbox"
-                      class="checkbox"
-                    />
-                    Use NIP-17
-                  </label>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div class="card space-y-4 p-4">
-                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-3">
-                  <div class="space-y-1">
-                    <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-text">Your DM relay hints</h3>
-                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-                      Publish kind 10050 so contacts can deliver NIP-17 gift-wrapped DMs to you.
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                  <button
-                    id="profileMessagesRelayPublish"
-                    type="button"
-                    class="btn focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                    data-size="sm"
-                    title="Publishing kind 10050 makes your DM relay list public so others can deliver NIP-17 messages."
-                  >
-                    Publish relays
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-                <label class="flex-1 text-sm text-muted-strong" for="profileMessagesRelayInput">
-                  <span class="mb-2 block font-medium">Add a DM relay</span>
-                  <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
-                    <input
-                      id="profileMessagesRelayInput"
-                      type="url"
-                      inputmode="url"
-                      autocomplete="off"
-                      class="input flex-1"
-                      placeholder="wss://relay.example.com"
-                    />
-                    <button
-                      id="profileMessagesRelayAdd"
-                      type="button"
-                      class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                      data-size="sm"
-                    >
-                      Add
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
-                </label>
-                <ul
-                  id="profileMessagesRelayList"
-                  class="grid-stack"
-                  data-orientation="vertical"
-                  aria-live="polite"
-                  aria-label="Your DM relay hints"
-                ></ul>
-                <p
-                  id="profileMessagesRelayStatus"
-                  class="text-xs text-muted"
-                  role="status"
-                  aria-live="polite"
-                ></p>
-              </div>
-              <div class="card space-y-4 p-4">
-                <div class="space-y-1">
-                  <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-text">Message activity privacy</h3>
-                  <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-                    Read receipts and typing indicators are optional signals published to relays.
-                  </p>
-                </div>
-                <div class="rounded-lg border border-border/60 bg-bg-muted px-3 py-2 text-xs text-muted">
-                  Privacy warning: enabling these signals shares message activity metadata with anyone
-                  who can access your relay events.
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-2">
-                  <label
-                    for="profileMessagesReadReceiptsToggle"
-                    class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-muted-strong"
-                  >
-                    <input
-                      id="profileMessagesReadReceiptsToggle"
-                      type="checkbox"
-                      class="checkbox"
-                    />
-                    Send read receipts
-                  </label>
-                  <label
-                    for="profileMessagesTypingToggle"
-                    class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-muted-strong"
-                  >
-                    <input
-                      id="profileMessagesTypingToggle"
-                      type="checkbox"
-                      class="checkbox"
-                    />
-                    Share typing indicators
-                  </label>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div
-                id="profileMessagesStatus"
-                class="sr-only"
-                role="status"
-                aria-live="polite"
-              ></div>
-              <div
-                id="profileMessagesLoading"
-                class="hidden py-6"
-                role="status"
-                aria-live="polite"
-              >
-                <div class="sidebar-loading-wrapper">
-                  <div class="sidebar-loading-indicator">
-                    <span
-                      class="status-spinner status-spinner--inline"
-                      aria-hidden="true"
-                    ></span>
-                    <span class="sidebar-loading-text"
-                      >Fetching direct messages from relays…</span
-                    >
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div
-                id="profileMessagesError"
-                class="card hidden border border-critical/40 bg-critical/10 px-4 py-3 text-sm text-critical"
-                role="alert"
-                aria-live="assertive"
-              ></div>
-              <div
-                id="profileMessagesEmpty"
-                class="card hidden border border-dashed border-border/60 p-6 text-center text-sm text-muted"
-                role="status"
-                aria-live="polite"
-              >
-                No direct messages yet.
-              </div>
-              <div class="flex items-center justify-end gap-2">
-                <button
-                  id="profileMessagesReload"
-                  type="button"
-                  class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                  data-size="sm"
-                >
-                  Refresh
-                </button>
-              </div>
-              <ul
-                id="profileMessagesList"
-                class="grid-stack hidden"
-                data-orientation="vertical"
-                aria-live="polite"
-                aria-label="Direct message threads"
-              ></ul>
-              <div
-                id="profileMessagesConversation"
-                class="hidden flex flex-col gap-3"
-                role="log"
-                aria-live="polite"
-                aria-label="Direct message conversation"
-              ></div>
-              <p
-                id="profileMessagesConversationEmpty"
-                class="hidden text-sm text-muted"
-                role="status"
-                aria-live="polite"
-              >
-                Select a thread to view messages and attachments.
-              </p>
-              <div class="flex flex-col gap-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-4">
-                <label class="sr-only" for="profileMessageInput">Message</label>
-                <textarea
-                  id="profileMessageInput"
-                  class="input min-h-[var(--size-96px)]"
-                  rows="3"
-                  placeholder="Write a message…"
-                ></textarea>
-                <div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-                  <input
-                    id="profileMessageAttachmentInput"
-                    type="file"
-                    class="sr-only"
-                    multiple
-                  />
-                  <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
-                    <button
-                      id="profileMessageAttachmentButton"
-                      type="button"
-                      class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                      data-size="sm"
-                    >
-                      Attach file
-                    </button>
-                    <label class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted">
-                      <input
-                        id="profileMessageAttachmentEncrypt"
-                        type="checkbox"
-                        class="checkbox"
-                      />
-                      Encrypt attachments
-                    </label>
-                    <button
-                      id="profileMessageAttachmentClearCache"
-                      type="button"
-                      class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                      data-size="sm"
-                    >
-                      Clear attachment cache
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
-                  <div
-                    id="profileMessageAttachmentList"
-                    class="grid-stack"
-                    data-orientation="vertical"
-                  ></div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                  <p
-                    id="profileMessagesComposerHelper"
-                    class="text-xs text-muted hidden"
-                    role="status"
-                    aria-live="polite"
-                  >
-                    Sign in to send messages.
-                  </p>
-                  <p
-                    id="profileMessagesPrivacyMode"
-                    class="text-xs text-muted"
-                    title="NIP-04 sends a direct encrypted DM; NIP-17 gift-wraps messages to reduce metadata exposure but relies on relay hints."
-                  >
-                    Privacy: NIP-04
-                  </p>
-                  <button
-                    id="profileMessageSendBtn"
-                    type="button"
-                    class="btn focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
-                    data-size="sm"
-                  >
-                    Send
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-              </div>
+              <div id="dmAppShellMount"></div>
             </section>
             <section
               id="profilePaneHistory"
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index dd37ca75..998d6149 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "../constants.js";
 import { getBreakpointLg } from "../designSystem/metrics.js";
 import { getProviderMetadata } from "../services/authProviders/index.js";
+import { AppShell } from "./dm/index.js";
 import { devLogger, userLogger } from "../utils/logger.js";
 import {
   normalizeHashtag,
@@ -1295,6 +1296,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     this.profileMessagesRelayStatus = null;
     this.profileMessagesReadReceiptsToggle = null;
     this.profileMessagesTypingToggle = null;
+    this.dmAppShellContainer = null;
+    this.dmAppShell = null;
     this.profileLinkPreviewAutoToggle = null;
     this.walletUriInput = null;
     this.walletDefaultZapInput = null;
@@ -1608,6 +1611,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       document.getElementById("profileMessagesReadReceiptsToggle") || null;
     this.profileMessagesTypingToggle =
       document.getElementById("profileMessagesTypingToggle") || null;
+    this.dmAppShellContainer =
+      document.getElementById("dmAppShellMount") || null;
     this.profileLinkPreviewAutoToggle =
       document.getElementById("profileLinkPreviewAutoToggle") || null;
 
@@ -4038,13 +4043,59 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     void this.ensureDirectMessageSubscription(actor);
   }
 
+  mountDmAppShell() {
+    const container =
+      this.dmAppShellContainer instanceof HTMLElement
+        ? this.dmAppShellContainer
+        : null;
+    if (!container) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    container.innerHTML = "";
+
+    try {
+      this.dmAppShell = new AppShell({ document });
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.dmAppShell = null;
+      devLogger.warn("[profileModal] Failed to mount DM app shell:", error);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const root =
+      this.dmAppShell &&
+      typeof this.dmAppShell.getRoot === "function"
+        ? this.dmAppShell.getRoot()
+        : null;
+    if (!(root instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+      devLogger.warn("[profileModal] DM app shell root missing.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    container.appendChild(root);
+  }
+
+  unmountDmAppShell() {
+    const container =
+      this.dmAppShellContainer instanceof HTMLElement
+        ? this.dmAppShellContainer
+        : null;
+    if (container) {
+      container.innerHTML = "";
+    }
+
+    this.dmAppShell = null;
+  }
+
   resumeProfileMessages() {
     this.messagesViewActive = true;
+    this.mountDmAppShell();
     this.updateMessagesReloadState();
   }
 
   pauseProfileMessages() {
     this.messagesViewActive = false;
+    this.unmountDmAppShell();
     this.updateMessagesReloadState();
   }