X DM-style chat maker
Build a direct-message thread in an X DM-style layout for a tutorial, a blog post or a sketch. Edit the sample and export it.
Try it: start from this sample
Your thread on bike repair was great. Would you guest on our show?
Happy to. Is it audio only?
Audio. About thirty minutes, recorded next week.
Send me a day and I will clear it.
Where an X DM-style thread helps
Direct messages on a public network tend to start from something public, such as a post or a thread, and move into a practical ask. That pattern makes this look useful for tutorials on professional outreach, blog posts about networking and short comedy sketches. It is on the Free plan.
The app name only describes the layout. ChatsRat draws its own interface in a similar general style, uses no logos and has no affiliation with the service, so treat every screen you make as a simulation and label it when you share it.
Write a polite first contact
A good first message names the thing that triggered it, makes one clear request and gives scope: how long, when, what format. A bad one is vague and flattering. Show both across two samples if you teach outreach.
The reply should sound like a busy person: short, positive and asking one clarifying question. Resist the urge to have the guest accept instantly, because a small negotiation reads far more believable.
Look-specific settings
The editor lists reactions and read receipts as supported, while online status and the typing indicator are not. So the header stays plain and no dots appear before a reply. On the Free plan you can show a seen mark; reactions require a paid plan.
Dark mode suits screenshots in a social feed or a video, and light mode suits blog illustrations. Whichever you choose, keep it the same across a series so the images feel like a set.
Do not mix it with real posts
Never attach a real handle or screenshot a real post next to the chat. Everything shown should be made up, including the post it refers to, so a reader cannot trace the exchange back to a real account.
Tips
- Open with a specific trigger, then make one request in the next bubble.
- State length, date and format in an invitation so it feels real.
- Do not rely on a typing indicator; this look does not have one.
- Keep real handles and real posts out of the frame.
- Show a good and a bad first message in two exports when teaching.
Questions
Is the X DM-style look free?
Yes. It is on the Free plan, with limits on daily chats and a visible ChatsRat watermark on the PNG.
Does the look have a typing indicator?
No. In the editor, it supports read receipts and reactions but not a typing indicator or online status.
Can I recreate a real person's message?
No. Using real people's words or names to impersonate them is against the Acceptable Use policy. Invent every person and line.
Is it affiliated with the service?
No. ChatsRat draws its own screen in a similar general style, with no logos and no affiliation.
Use it for simulated, labelled content. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.