diff --git a/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/_layout.tsx b/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/_layout.tsx
index d40db126..1219fff7 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/_layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/_layout.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const DirectMessagesLayout = () => {
             <Stack.Screen name='index'
                 options={{
                     title: 'Direct Messages',
-                    headerLargeTitle: true
+                    headerLargeTitle: false,
                 }} />
         </Stack>
     )
diff --git a/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/index.tsx b/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/index.tsx
index a84a788d..07b92728 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/app/[site_id]/(tabs)/direct-messages/index.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@
-import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { Link } from 'expo-router';
+import { Pressable, ScrollView, View } from 'react-native';
+import useGetDirectMessageChannels from '@raven/lib/hooks/useGetDirectMessageChannels';
+import { DMChannelListItem } from '@raven/types/common/ChannelListItem';
+import { useGetUser } from '@raven/lib/hooks/useGetUser';
+import UserAvatar from '@components/layout/UserAvatar';
 import { Text } from '@components/nativewindui/Text';
+import { useColorScheme } from '@hooks/useColorScheme';
+import { useIsUserActive } from '@hooks/useIsUserActive';
 
 export default function DirectMessages() {
+    const { colors } = useColorScheme()
+
+    const { dmChannels } = useGetDirectMessageChannels()
+
+    return (
+        <ScrollView style={{ backgroundColor: colors.background }} className='px-2.5 py-1'>
+            {dmChannels.map((dm) => <DMRow key={dm.name} dm={dm} />)}
+        </ScrollView>
+    )
+}
+
+interface DMRowProps {
+    dm: DMChannelListItem
+}
+const DMRow = ({ dm }: DMRowProps) => {
+    const user = useGetUser(dm.peer_user_id)
+
+    const isActive = useIsUserActive(dm.peer_user_id)
+
     return (
-        <View className="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center">
-            <Text className="text-2xl font-bold">DMs</Text>
-        </View>
+        <Link href={`../chat/${dm.name}`} asChild>
+            <Pressable
+                // Use tailwind classes for layout and ios:active state
+                className='flex-row items-center gap-3 px-3 py-2 rounded-lg ios:active:bg-linkColor'
+                // Add a subtle ripple effect on Android
+                android_ripple={{ color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.1)', borderless: false }}
+            >
+                <UserAvatar src={user?.user_image} alt={user?.full_name ?? user?.name ?? ''} isActive={isActive} availabilityStatus={user?.availability_status} avatarProps={{ className: 'h-10 w-10' }} />
+
+                <View className='flex-col'>
+                    <Text className='text-base dark:text-gray-300'>{user?.full_name}</Text>
+                    <Text className='text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-500 mt-0.5'>{dm.last_message_details ? JSON.parse(dm?.last_message_details)?.content?.substring(0, 35) + "..." : ""}</Text>
+                </View>
+            </Pressable>
+        </Link>
     )
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/mobile/hooks/useActiveState.ts b/apps/mobile/hooks/useActiveState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6414ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/hooks/useActiveState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { useContext, useEffect } from "react";
+import { FrappeContext, FrappeConfig } from "frappe-react-sdk";
+import { useActiveUser } from "@lib/UserInactivityProvider";
+import { useBoolean } from "@raven/lib/hooks/useBoolean";
+
+export type PresenceType = "active" | "idle";
+
+interface Presence {
+  type: PresenceType;
+}
+
+export const useActiveState = () => {
+  const { call } = useContext(FrappeContext) as FrappeConfig;
+
+  const [isActive, { on: activate, off: deactivate }] = useBoolean(false);
+
+  const { isActive: isUserActive } = useActiveUser();
+
+  const updateUserActiveState = async (deactivate = false) => {
+    return call
+      .get("raven.api.user_availability.refresh_user_active_state", {
+        deactivate,
+      })
+      .catch(console.log);
+  };
+
+  const onPresenceChange = (presence: Presence) => {
+    if (presence.type === "active" && !isActive) {
+      updateUserActiveState().then(activate);
+    } else if (presence.type === "idle" && isActive) {
+      updateUserActiveState(true).then(deactivate);
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isUserActive) {
+      onPresenceChange({ type: "active" });
+    } else {
+      onPresenceChange({ type: "idle" });
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      if (isActive) {
+        updateUserActiveState(true).then(deactivate);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [isUserActive, onPresenceChange]);
+
+  return isActive;
+};
diff --git a/apps/mobile/hooks/useFetchActiveUsers.ts b/apps/mobile/hooks/useFetchActiveUsers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03102ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/hooks/useFetchActiveUsers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useFrappeEventListener, useFrappeGetCall, useSWRConfig } from 'frappe-react-sdk'
+import { useActiveState } from './useActiveState'
+import useCurrentRavenUser from '@raven/lib/hooks/useCurrentRavenUser'
+
+/**
+ * Hook to fetch active users from the server.
+ * SWRKey: active_users
+ */
+const useFetchActiveUsers = () => {
+    const res = useFrappeGetCall<{ message: string[] }>('raven.api.user_availability.get_active_users',
+        undefined,
+        'active_users',
+        {
+            dedupingInterval: 1000 * 60 * 5, // 5 minutes - do not refetch if the data is fresh
+        }
+    )
+
+    return res
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to listen to user_active_state_updated event and update the active_users list in realtime
+ * Also handles the user's active state via visibilty change and idle timer
+ */
+export const useFetchActiveUsersRealtime = () => {
+    const { myProfile: currentUserInfo } = useCurrentRavenUser();
+
+    const { mutate } = useSWRConfig()
+
+    useActiveState()
+
+    /** Hook to listen to user_active_state */
+    useFrappeEventListener('raven:user_active_state_updated', (data) => {
+        if (data.user !== currentUserInfo?.name) {
+            // If the user is not the current user, update the active_users list
+            // No need to revalidate the data as the websocket event has emitted the new data for that user
+            mutate('active_users', (res?: { message: string[] }) => {
+                if (res) {
+                    if (data.active) {
+                        return { message: [...res.message, data.user] }
+                    } else {
+                        return { message: res.message.filter(user => user !== data.user) }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return undefined
+                }
+            }, {
+                revalidate: false
+            })
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+export default useFetchActiveUsers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/mobile/hooks/useIsUserActive.ts b/apps/mobile/hooks/useIsUserActive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57e789ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/hooks/useIsUserActive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import useFetchActiveUsers from './useFetchActiveUsers';
+import useCurrentRavenUser from '@raven/lib/hooks/useCurrentRavenUser';
+import { useGetUser } from '@raven/lib/hooks/useGetUser';
+
+export const useIsUserActive = (userID?: string): boolean => {
+
+    const { myProfile: currentUserInfo } = useCurrentRavenUser()
+    const { data } = useFetchActiveUsers()
+
+    const user = useGetUser(userID)
+
+    const isActive = useMemo(() => {
+        // if user has explicitly set their status to invisible, do not show them as active
+        if (user?.availability_status === 'Invisible') {
+            return false
+        } else if (userID === currentUserInfo?.name) {
+            return true
+        } else if (userID) {
+            return data?.message.includes(userID) ?? false
+        } else {
+            return false
+        }
+    }, [userID, data])
+
+    return isActive
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/mobile/lib/Providers.tsx b/apps/mobile/lib/Providers.tsx
index caf0ddac..f2e22a1e 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/lib/Providers.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/lib/Providers.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Text } from '@components/nativewindui/Text'
 import { ChannelListContext, useChannelListProvider } from '@raven/lib/providers/ChannelListProvider'
 import { UserListContext, useUserListProvider } from '@raven/lib/providers/UserListProvider'
 import React, { PropsWithChildren } from 'react'
+import { ActiveUserProvider } from './UserInactivityProvider'
 
 const Providers = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
 
@@ -16,11 +17,15 @@ const Providers = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
         return <Text>Error loading users</Text>
     }
 
-    return <UserListContext.Provider value={{ users, enabledUsers }}>
-        <ChannelListProvider>
-            {props.children}
-        </ChannelListProvider>
-    </UserListContext.Provider>
+    return (
+        <ActiveUserProvider>
+            <UserListContext.Provider value={{ users, enabledUsers }}>
+                <ChannelListProvider>
+                    {props.children}
+                </ChannelListProvider>
+            </UserListContext.Provider>
+        </ActiveUserProvider>
+    )
 }
 
 const ChannelListProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
diff --git a/apps/mobile/lib/UserInactivityProvider.tsx b/apps/mobile/lib/UserInactivityProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8411c31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/lib/UserInactivityProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useState, ReactNode } from "react";
+import UserInactivity from "react-native-user-inactivity";
+
+interface ActiveUserContextType {
+  isActive: boolean;
+}
+
+const ActiveUserContext = createContext<ActiveUserContextType | undefined>(
+  undefined
+);
+
+interface ActiveUserProviderProps {
+  children: ReactNode;
+  inactivityTimeout?: number;
+}
+
+export const ActiveUserProvider = ({
+  children,
+  inactivityTimeout = 1000 * 60 * 10,
+}: ActiveUserProviderProps) => {
+  const [isActive, setIsActive] = useState<boolean>(true);
+
+  const handleUserActivity = (active: boolean) => {
+    setIsActive(active);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <ActiveUserContext.Provider value={{ isActive }}>
+      <UserInactivity
+        isActive={isActive}
+        timeForInactivity={inactivityTimeout}
+        onAction={handleUserActivity}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </UserInactivity>
+    </ActiveUserContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+export const useActiveUser = (): ActiveUserContextType => {
+  const context = useContext(ActiveUserContext);
+  if (context === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("useActiveUser must be used within an ActiveUserProvider");
+  }
+  return context;
+};
diff --git a/apps/mobile/package.json b/apps/mobile/package.json
index f424f333..0425ba8d 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/package.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "react-native-svg": "15.8.0",
     "react-native-svg-transformer": "^1.5.0",
     "react-native-uitextview": "^1.4.0",
+    "react-native-user-inactivity": "^1.2.0",
     "react-native-web": "~0.19.13",
     "react-native-webview": "13.12.5",
     "react-native-zoom-toolkit": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/lib/hooks/useBoolean.ts b/packages/lib/hooks/useBoolean.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8f5078e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lib/hooks/useBoolean.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Simple hook to manage boolean (on - off) states
+ * @param initialState
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function useBoolean(initialState: boolean = false) {
+
+    const [value, setValue] = useState(initialState);
+
+    const on = useCallback(() => setValue(true), []);
+
+    const off = useCallback(() => setValue(false), []);
+
+    const toggle = useCallback(() => setValue(value => !value), []);
+
+    return [value, { on, off, toggle }, setValue] as const;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 84a060f0..b7bed558 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8942,6 +8942,13 @@ react-native-uitextview@^1.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-uitextview/-/react-native-uitextview-1.4.0.tgz#d1b583cc173cec00f4fdd03744cca76c54a12fbb"
   integrity sha512-itm/frzkn/ma3+lwmKn2CkBOXPNo4bL8iVwQwjlzix5gVO59T2+axdfoj/Wi+Ra6F76KzNKxSah+7Y8dYmCHbQ==
 
+react-native-user-inactivity@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-user-inactivity/-/react-native-user-inactivity-1.2.0.tgz#b0123951b89db9939eec07cffab724f7e76edcc6"
+  integrity sha512-VR+zv+cKBOSbJyHLJxvDUVluQ4OD/uW9FomAJVWrXCnSO4tYQieaAR3/5oNIfr6JXAJ/ChdJ/eyc06vHEBvlsA==
+  dependencies:
+    usetimeout-react-hook "^0.1.2"
+
 react-native-web@~0.19.13:
   version "0.19.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-web/-/react-native-web-0.19.13.tgz#2d84849bf0251ec0e3a8072fda7f9a7c29375331"
@@ -10556,6 +10563,11 @@ use-sync-external-store@^1.2.2, use-sync-external-store@^1.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.4.0.tgz#adbc795d8eeb47029963016cefdf89dc799fcebc"
   integrity sha512-9WXSPC5fMv61vaupRkCKCxsPxBocVnwakBEkMIHHpkTTg6icbJtg6jzgtLDm4bl3cSHAca52rYWih0k4K3PfHw==
 
+usetimeout-react-hook@^0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/usetimeout-react-hook/-/usetimeout-react-hook-0.1.2.tgz#fdeaff9b8fe2b5e5b8d29a3ef9c4054368711c03"
+  integrity sha512-uHc8QsWDznEhWkK+ygX0xWxyObRjy72685EZ5wr3/ipNsK0EYntGnbenKxLNirPKKsng+1KW5CPTAk7qQDY8VQ==
+
 util-deprecate@^1.0.2, util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"