diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
index 886a0dfe3e..e43dd865f0 100644
--- a/.claude/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ contain implementations of Nostr specifications and utilities to help implement
 `concord/` (`cordXX`), `buzz/`, plus the binding-agnostic RFC 9420 engine in `mls/`. A new protocol
 over Nostr belongs here as a package, not as a Gradle module; `quic`/`nestsClient`/`marmotQuic` are
 modules because they are transports with no Nostr in them. Commons stores
-shared code between Amethyst Android (`amethyst`) and Amethyst Desktop (`desktopApp`). The Desktop
-App is designed to be mouse first and so uses a completely different screen and navigation
-architecture while sharing the back end components with the android counterpart. `cli` ships `amy`,
+shared code between Amethyst Android (`amethyst`) and Amethyst Desktop (`desktopApp`). Android now
+also ships on laptops, so the direction is **one UI**: every screen and the navigation shell at every
+window size move to `commonsUI`, `amethyst` shrinks to an Android shim, and a new `desktopApp`
+becomes a JVM shim that renders the same UI (see `commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`).
+Until it lands, today's `desktopApp` still has its own mouse-first screens and navigation. `cli` ships `amy`,
 a non-interactive JVM command-line client that drives the same `quartz` + `commons` code — used by
 humans, agents, and interop tests. `quic` is a from-scratch pure-Kotlin QUIC v1 + HTTP/3 +
 WebTransport client (no JNI, no BouncyCastle), built because no Android-compatible Java QUIC library
@@ -105,7 +107,9 @@ amethyst/
   codecs. Not WebTransport — the binding has its own ALPNs and writes frames
   straight onto QUIC streams, so it deliberately does not reuse
   `nestsClient`'s `WebTransportSession`.
-- `amethyst/` & `desktopApp/` = Platform-native layouts and navigation
+- `amethyst/` & `desktopApp/` = Platform shims: process/window entry points, services, system
+  integrations and the actuals of shared ports. Screens and navigation are shared UI and are
+  moving to `commonsUI` (today's `desktopApp` screens are legacy, to be replaced).
 - `cli/` = Thin assembly layer over `quartz/` + `commons/` (no new logic
   allowed). May also depend on `:geode` (for `amy serve`, which embeds the
   standalone relay); never on `:commonsUI`, `:amethyst` or `:desktopApp`.
@@ -207,10 +211,20 @@ etc. instead of re-implementing them.
   (StateFlow/SharedFlow), so they belong in `commons`; anything that imports
   `androidx.compose.ui`/`foundation`/`material3`, Coil, or `Res` belongs in
   `commonsUI`.
-- **Keep native** → screen composables/scaffolding (Desktop `Window` vs Android
-  `Activity`), navigation (sidebar vs bottom nav), platform interactions
-  (gestures, keyboard shortcuts), system integrations (notifications, file
-  pickers).
+  **Screens and navigation are shared too**: screen composables, the nav host,
+  and the navigation chrome for every window size (bottom bar, rail, permanent
+  drawer) belong in `commonsUI`, because Android runs on laptops and the new
+  Desktop app renders the same UI. Adapt to the window with `ScreenLayoutSpec`
+  / `LocalScreenLayout`, not with a per-platform screen.
+- **Keep native** → only what is the platform itself: the process/window entry
+  point (Android `Activity`/`Service`, Desktop `Window`/tray/menu bar),
+  system integrations (notifications, file pickers, share sheets, camera,
+  media3, WebView, keyring/Keystore), and the platform `actual`s or port
+  implementations the shared UI calls. A new screen goes in `commonsUI` when
+  its dependencies allow. While `AccountViewModel` is still app-side, one that
+  needs it may live in `amethyst/`, but keep Android APIs out of it (behind a
+  port or slot) so it can move later. Don't add screens to today's `desktopApp`
+  that the shared UI will have to re-create.
 
 When extracting a composable: move it to `commonsUI/commonMain/` (see
 `/compose-expert`), add expect/actual for any platform behavior (see
@@ -429,8 +443,11 @@ Do this before considering the task complete.
   at byte level (`perl -CSD -pe 's/\x{202E}/\\u202E/g'`).
 
 ### Navigation Shell
-- **Desktop**: Sidebar + main content area
-- **Android**: Bottom navigation
+One shell, picked by window size rather than by platform: `ScreenLayoutSpec`
+chooses the bottom bar (compact), the rail, or the permanent drawer (wide,
+landscape, tall enough), and docks the notification panel on very wide windows.
+It is moving to `commonsUI` with `AppNavigation`. Today's `desktopApp` still has
+its own sidebar shell, which will be replaced.
 
 ## Git Workflow
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/compose-expert/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/compose-expert/SKILL.md
index e6eced37b1..c5c6afdc30 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/compose-expert/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/compose-expert/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: compose-expert
-description: Advanced Compose Multiplatform UI patterns for shared composables. Use when working with visual UI components, state management patterns (remember, derivedStateOf, produceState), recomposition optimization (@Stable/@Immutable visual usage), Material3 theming, custom ImageVector icons, or determining whether to share UI in commonMain vs keep platform-specific. Delegates navigation to android-expert/desktop-expert. Complements kotlin-expert (handles Kotlin language aspects of state/annotations).
+description: Advanced Compose Multiplatform UI patterns for shared composables. Use when working with visual UI components, state management patterns (remember, derivedStateOf, produceState), recomposition optimization (@Stable/@Immutable visual usage), Material3 theming, custom ImageVector icons, or determining whether to share UI in commonMain vs keep platform-specific. Delegates platform entry points (Activity, Window, tray) to android-expert/desktop-expert; the navigation shell itself is shared UI. Complements kotlin-expert (handles Kotlin language aspects of state/annotations).
 ---
 
 # Compose Multiplatform Expert
@@ -34,12 +34,17 @@ Visual UI patterns for sharing composables across Android and Desktop.
 - **Theme utilities**: Color calculations, style helpers
 - **Material3 components**: Any UI using Material primitives
 
+**Screens and navigation are shared too.** Android also ships on laptops and the new
+Desktop app renders the same UI, so screens, the nav host and the bottom bar / rail /
+permanent drawer all belong in `commonsUI`. They adapt to the window with
+`ScreenLayoutSpec` / `LocalScreenLayout`, not per platform. See
+`commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`.
+
 ### Keep Platform-Specific
 
-- **Navigation structure**: Bottom nav (Android) vs Sidebar (Desktop)
-- **Screen layouts**: Platform-specific scaffolding
-- **System integrations**: File pickers, notifications, share sheets
-- **Platform UX**: Gestures, keyboard shortcuts, window management
+- **Entry points**: Android `Activity`/`Service`, Desktop `Window`, tray, menu bar
+- **System integrations**: File pickers, notifications, share sheets, camera, media3, WebView
+- **Platform leaves inside shared UI**: behind expect/actual or a slot the shim fills
 
 ### Decision Framework
 
@@ -563,12 +568,14 @@ fun FeedList(items: List<Item>) {
 4. Add caching if generated dynamically
 5. Wrap in @Composable for easy use
 
-### Navigation (Delegate)
+### Navigation
 
-For navigation patterns:
-- Android bottom nav → `android-expert`
-- Desktop sidebar → `desktop-expert`
-- Multi-window → `desktop-expert`
+The navigation shell is shared (`ScreenLayoutSpec` picks bottom bar, rail or permanent
+drawer by window size) and is moving to `commonsUI` with `AppNavigation`. Delegate only
+the platform leaves:
+- Activity / intent plumbing → `android-expert`
+- Window, tray, menu bar, multi-window → `desktop-expert`
+- Today's legacy `desktopApp` sidebar shell → `desktop-expert` (to be replaced)
 
 ## Related Skills
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/desktop-expert/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/desktop-expert/SKILL.md
index 477880202d..b9def76159 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/desktop-expert/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/desktop-expert/SKILL.md
@@ -248,9 +248,16 @@ application {
 
 ## 5. Desktop Navigation Patterns
 
-### NavigationRail (Current Pattern)
+### NavigationRail (Current Pattern — legacy)
 
-Desktop uses **NavigationRail** (vertical sidebar) instead of Android's bottom navigation.
+> **Being replaced.** Android now also ships on laptops, and the plan is one UI: the
+> shared navigation shell (bottom bar / rail / permanent drawer picked by window size
+> via `ScreenLayoutSpec`) moves to `commonsUI`, and a new `desktopApp` becomes a JVM
+> shim that renders it. Don't grow this sidebar shell or add Desktop-only screens; see
+> `commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`. What stays Desktop-specific is
+> the window, tray, menu bar, keyboard shortcuts and file system integration.
+
+Today's desktop app uses **NavigationRail** (vertical sidebar) instead of Android's bottom navigation.
 
 ```kotlin
 Row(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
diff --git a/.claude/skills/kotlin-multiplatform/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/kotlin-multiplatform/SKILL.md
index bd21f16742..87e6172025 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/kotlin-multiplatform/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/kotlin-multiplatform/SKILL.md
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ Q: Does it vary by platform or by JVM vs non-JVM?
 │  Example: Jackson JSON parsing (JVM library)
 │
 └─ Complex/UI-related
-   → Keep platform-specific
-   Example: Navigation (Activity vs Window too different)
+   → Share it in commonsUI; expect/actual or a slot only for the platform leaf
+   Example: Navigation. One shell in commonsUI, picked by window size
+   (ScreenLayoutSpec); only the Activity / Window entry point is native
 
 Final check:
 Q: Maintenance cost of abstraction < duplication cost?
@@ -85,10 +86,13 @@ val jvmAndroid = create("jvmAndroid") {
 ```
 **Why:** Jackson is JVM-only, works on Android + Desktop, not iOS/web.
 
-**Navigation → platform-specific:**
-- Android: `MainActivity` (Activity + Compose Navigation)
-- Desktop: `Window` + sidebar + MenuBar
-**Why:** UI paradigms fundamentally different.
+**Navigation → shared, entry points → platform-specific:**
+- Shared (`commonsUI`, moving there): the nav host, bottom bar / rail /
+  permanent drawer, chosen by window size via `ScreenLayoutSpec`
+- Android: `MainActivity` hosts it; Desktop: a `Window` (+ MenuBar, tray) hosts it
+**Why:** Android runs on laptops too, and the new Desktop app renders the same
+UI. See `commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`. Today's
+`desktopApp` sidebar shell is legacy.
 
 ## Mental Model: Source Sets as Dependency Graph
 
@@ -183,15 +187,15 @@ Quick decision guidelines based on codebase patterns:
 ### Sometimes Abstract
 - **Business logic:** YES - state machines, data processing
 - **ViewModels:** YES - state + business logic shareable (StateFlow/SharedFlow)
-- **Screen layouts:** NO - platform-native (Window vs Activity)
-- **Why:** ViewModels contain platform-agnostic state; Screens render differently per platform
+- **Screen layouts:** YES - shared in `commonsUI`; they adapt to window size, not platform
+- **Why:** One UI for Android (phones to laptops) and Desktop; only entry points differ
 
 ### Rarely Abstract
 - **Complex UI components** (composables with heavy platform dependencies)
 - **Why:** Platform paradigms can differ significantly
 
 ### Never Abstract
-- **Navigation** (Activity vs Window fundamentally different)
+- **Process / window entry points** (Activity, Service, Window, tray)
 - **Permissions** (Android vs iOS APIs incompatible)
 - **Platform UX patterns**
 - **Why:** Too platform-specific, abstraction creates leaky APIs
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ Quick decision guidelines based on codebase patterns:
 | PubKeyFormatter, ZapFormatter | ✅ YES | Pure Kotlin, no platform APIs |
 | TimeAgoFormatter | ⚠️ ABSTRACTED | Needs StringProvider for localized strings |
 | ViewModels (state + logic) | ✅ YES | StateFlow/SharedFlow platform-agnostic, Compose Multiplatform lifecycle compatible |
-| Screen layouts (Scaffold, nav) | ❌ NO | Window vs Activity, sidebar vs bottom nav fundamentally different |
+| Screen layouts (Scaffold, nav) | ✅ YES (moving) | One UI; `ScreenLayoutSpec` picks bottom bar / rail / drawer by window size |
 | Image loading (Coil) | ⚠️ ABSTRACTED | Coil 3.x supports KMP, needs expect/actual wrapper |
 
 ## expect/actual Mechanics
@@ -333,8 +337,9 @@ fun validateSignature(...) { ... }  // Duplicated!
 // ❌ BAD
 expect fun NavigationComponent(...)
 ```
-**Why:** Navigation paradigms too different (Activity vs Window)
-**Fix:** Keep platform-specific, accept duplication
+**Why:** It forks the whole navigation UI per platform.
+**Fix:** Write the navigation once in `commonsUI`; put only the platform leaf
+(an Activity result, a file picker) behind expect/actual or a slot
 
 ### 2. Under-Sharing
 **Problem:** Duplicating business logic across platforms
@@ -384,8 +389,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 | **ViewModels** | **commons/commonMain/viewmodels/** | **StateFlow/SharedFlow + logic shareable, Compose MP lifecycle compatible** |
 | UI formatters (pure) | commons/commonMain | Reusable, no dependencies |
 | UI components (simple) | commonsUI/commonMain | Cards, buttons, dialogs (Compose UI never goes in `commons`) |
-| **Screen layouts** | **Platform-specific** | **Window vs Activity, sidebar vs bottom nav** |
-| Navigation | Platform-specific only | Activity vs Window too different |
+| **Screen layouts** | **commonsUI** | **One UI; adapt to window size with `ScreenLayoutSpec`** |
+| Navigation | commonsUI (entry point native) | Nav host + chrome shared; Activity / Window hosts it |
 | Permissions | Platform-specific only | APIs incompatible |
 | Platform UX (menus, etc.) | Platform-specific only | Native feel required |
 
diff --git a/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md b/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 7fd1105b31..1606e47300 100644
--- a/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 | Consumer       | Kind                         | Uses from `commons`                          |
 |----------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
-| `amethyst`     | Android app (touch-first)    | everything (models, state, ViewModels) + `commonsUI` |
-| `desktopApp`   | Desktop JVM app (mouse-first)| everything (models, state, ViewModels) + `commonsUI` |
+| `amethyst`     | Android app (phones, tablets, laptops) | everything (models, state, ViewModels) + `commonsUI` |
+| `desktopApp`   | Desktop JVM app              | everything (models, state, ViewModels) + `commonsUI`; today's mouse-first screens are to be replaced by the shared UI |
 | `cli` (`amy`)  | Headless JVM CLI (no UI)     | everything — `commons` is headless by construction; it never sees `commonsUI` |
 | `nappletHost`  | Android WebView sandbox      | napplet contract + `commonsUI` (for the shell/shim Compose resources) |
 | iOS (future)   | iOS app                      | everything + `commonsUI`; expected to share most UI with Android |
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@
 
 - **`quartz/`** — Nostr protocol: events, NIPs, crypto, relay framing. No app
   state, no UI, no caches of "what this user follows."
-- **`commons/`** — everything an Amethyst *client* needs that isn't a
-  platform-native screen, navigation shell, **or Compose UI**: domain models
+- **`commons/`** — everything an Amethyst *client* needs that isn't
+  platform-specific **or Compose UI**: domain models
   (`Note`, `User`), in-memory state holders, ViewModels, the relay-subscription
   client, shared business services.
 - **`commonsUI/`** — the Compose UI components that more than one front end
   renders, plus everything only they need (icons, theme, Coil fetchers,
   markdown, the `composeResources` strings/fonts and the generated `Res`).
   Depends on `commons` as `api`. See `commonsUI/ARCHITECTURE.md`.
-- **`amethyst/` & `desktopApp/`** — platform-native screens, navigation
-  (bottom-nav vs sidebar), gestures, system integration. They assemble
-  `commons` pieces; they should not re-implement them.
+- **`amethyst/` & `desktopApp/`** — platform shims: the Activity / Window
+  entry points, services, system integration, and the platform implementations
+  of shared ports. They assemble `commons` pieces; they should not
+  re-implement them. **Screens and navigation are being moved into
+  `commonsUI`** so Android (which now also runs on laptops) and a new JVM
+  Desktop app render one UI; see
+  [`plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`](plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md).
 
 > The goal is **"write it once in `commons`"**. Before adding a manager, cache,
 > filter, ViewModel, or composable to an app module, check whether it already
@@ -223,9 +227,10 @@ compiles: `commonMain` → `jvmAndroid` → platform-specific. See
 
 ### Where does my code go? (quick guide)
 1. **Pure Nostr protocol** (events/NIPs/crypto)? → not here, it's `quartz`.
-2. **A composable** rendered by ≥2 front ends, or that you want iOS to share? →
-   `commonsUI`, in `ui/<area>` or `<feature>/ui` (same package tree as here).
-   Also anything that imports Coil, `Res`, or a `foundation`/`ui` state type.
+2. **A composable** (screens and navigation chrome included)? → `commonsUI`, in
+   `ui/<area>` or `<feature>/ui` (same package tree as here). Also anything that
+   imports Coil, `Res`, or a `foundation`/`ui` state type. Only the platform
+   entry points and system integrations stay in `amethyst/`/`desktopApp/`.
 3. **A ViewModel / `StateFlow` state holder**? → `viewmodels` or `state` (or
    `<feature>` if feature-scoped). Keep it CLI-safe where practical.
 4. **Relay subscription / filter assembly**? → `relayClient`.
diff --git a/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md b/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
index e5ee522cd6..bcf728c8b9 100644
--- a/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
+++ b/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Full sweep: `amethyst/` → `:commons` migration candidates
 
+> **Direction change (2026-09-27): one UI.** Android now ships on laptops, so every
+> screen and the navigation shell move to `commonsUI`, `amethyst` becomes an Android
+> shim, and a new JVM `desktopApp` replaces the current one with the same UI. See
+> [2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md](2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md). That
+> supersedes, below: the STAY list's screens/navigation entries, "decompose `Account`,
+> shrink `AccountViewModel`" (both now **move**), Wave 2 part B (dropped), and the
+> "Desktop phase" merges of Desktop's own forks (dropped). This file stays the log of
+> what moved; Wave 4 is planned and measured in the new plan.
+
 > **Execution status (updated 2026-08-30, same branch):** Waves 0-1 are DONE
 > on this branch — the 12 shim deletions, the 38-file relayClient batch
 > (with `AccountScopedQuery` generalized to `IAccount`), the okhttp stack →
@@ -297,10 +306,15 @@ formatters).
 
 ## STAY (correctly platform-native)
 
-- **Navigation shell & screens**: `*Screen.kt`, `*TopBar.kt`, `New*Button.kt`,
+> **Revised 2026-09-27.** The navigation shell and the screens no longer stay: they move
+> to `commonsUI` (see the one-UI plan). What is listed below is what remains
+> platform-native. The media, capture and service entries stay as *implementations*;
+> the screens that render them reach them through ports or slots.
+
+- ~~**Navigation shell & screens**: `*Screen.kt`, `*TopBar.kt`, `New*Button.kt`,
   `INav`/`Route`/`RouteMaker`/`AppNavigation`, drawer/bottom-bar,
   `AccountScreen`/`AccountSessionManager`/`LoggedInPage`, `loggedOff/`,
-  `settings/` screens (~480 files import INav/Route — by design).
+  `settings/` screens.~~ Moving to `commonsUI` (`RouteMaker` to `commons`).
 - **Process/DI roots**: `Amethyst.kt`, `AppModules.kt`, `EncryptedStorage`,
   `LocalPreferences`, `DebugUtils`, `model/accountsCache`,
   `model/preferences/` (the one genuinely-Android model package: DataStore/
@@ -807,7 +821,11 @@ Options, for the maintainer to pick:
     `ui/theme/Shape.kt` into `commons/ui/theme/Sizes.kt`, plus
     `painterRes`/`TimeAgo`/`NewItemsBubble` decisions — the audit's
     "strings-only" tally under-counted transitive deps.
-- **Wave 4: Account/AccountViewModel decomposition** — long-tail.
+- **Wave 4: Account/AccountViewModel** — **re-scoped 2026-09-27** from
+  "decomposition" to **moving both to `commons`**. Measured and sequenced in
+  [2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md](2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md): the
+  `Account` group is 77 files / ~23.9k lines inside `model/`, with 5 hard-blocked files
+  and 14 exit edges to cut.
 
 ### Environment notes for the next session (hard-won)
 
@@ -924,6 +942,10 @@ and `RailCapability` use it, `OnchainZapResolver` does not.
 
 ### Wave 2 part B — compatibility analysis and the road to deleting `DesktopLocalCache` (2026-09-19)
 
+> **Dropped 2026-09-27.** The new desktop app uses `LocalCache` and `Account` directly;
+> the current `desktopApp` keeps its fork until it is retired. The analysis below is
+> kept for the record.
+
 Part A moved the cache. Part B is retiring the Desktop fork. The naive framing
 ("repoint ~70 consumers and delete 1,177 lines") is wrong; what follows is the
 measured picture.
diff --git a/commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md b/commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f844cd7fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+---
+title: "One UI: the whole app moves to commonsUI, Android and Desktop become shims"
+type: refactor
+status: in-progress
+date: 2026-09-27
+owner: commons
+consumers: amethyst, desktopApp, commonsUI
+---
+
+# One UI for Android and Desktop
+
+## The decision (maintainer, 2026-09-27)
+
+Android now ships on laptops, so Amethyst Android needs a desktop-class UI. Rather than
+maintain two desktop UIs, there will be one:
+
+- **`commonsUI` holds the whole app UI.** Every screen, the navigation host, and the
+  navigation chrome at every size (bottom bar, rail, permanent drawer, docked panels).
+- **`amethyst/` becomes an Android shim**: Activities, services, notifications, media3,
+  camera, WebView, Health Connect, Keystore/DataStore actuals, flavours. Nothing that is not
+  Android itself.
+- **A new `desktopApp` becomes a JVM shim** that runs the same `commonsUI` app, so Desktop
+  looks exactly like Android on a laptop: Window, tray, menu bar, keyring, file pickers.
+  It **replaces** the current `desktopApp`, which keeps shipping until the new one reaches
+  parity, then goes.
+
+This supersedes the "screens and navigation stay platform-native" rule that
+`.claude/CLAUDE.md`, `commons/ARCHITECTURE.md`, the `kotlin-multiplatform` /
+`compose-expert` / `desktop-expert` skills and the sweep tracker's STAY list used to state.
+Those were updated alongside this plan.
+
+## What this changes in the running migration
+
+The tracker ([2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md](2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md))
+stays the log of what moved. These of its conclusions no longer hold:
+
+| Old conclusion | Now |
+|---|---|
+| `Account` is a god object: "decompose, don't move". `AccountViewModel`: "shrink, don't move". | **Move both** to `commons`. They were only to be decomposed because Desktop was going to keep its own; the shared screens now need the same `Account` on both platforms. Narrow interfaces can still be carved out later, for tests and the CLI, but they are not a prerequisite. |
+| STAY: `*Screen.kt`, `*TopBar.kt`, `AppNavigation`, `INav`/`Route`/`RouteMaker`, drawer/bottom bar, `LoggedInPage`, `loggedOff/`, `settings/` screens | **All move** to `commonsUI` (`RouteMaker` to `commons`, it has no Compose). |
+| Wave 2 part B: turn `DesktopLocalCache` into a facade over `EventCache` | **Dropped.** The new desktop app uses `LocalCache` and `Account` directly. The old `desktopApp` keeps its fork until it is retired. |
+| "Desktop phase": merge Desktop's `ToggleableTimeAgoText`, `TimeAgoFormatter`, `ChatBubbleLayout` forks onto the shared ones | **Dropped** for the same reason. |
+| `jdk.localedata` in Desktop's packaged runtime (+~28 MB) is "a packaging call" | **Required** by the new desktop app: the shared date formatters need the CLDR data. |
+
+## Where we start from
+
+The Android app already contains the laptop UI. `ScreenLayoutSpec` (now in
+`commonsUI/…/ui/layouts/ScreenLayout.kt`) picks one of three navigation tiers from the window
+size alone (bottom bar below 600dp, rail, permanent drawer when wide, landscape and at least
+600dp tall), docks the notification panel from 1200dp, and caps every destination to a 600dp
+reading column (`CappedScreenContent`). A JVM window can feed it `widthDp`/`heightDp` and
+get the same answer. Still app-side and part of the move: `AppNavigation.kt` (1,370 lines),
+`AppNavigationRail.kt`, the permanent drawer in `AccountSwitcherAndLeftDrawerLayout.kt`,
+`MessagesTwoPane.kt`, and `MainActivity.kt` (493 lines, the part that is not Activity
+plumbing).
+
+## Prerequisites the move surfaced
+
+- **Navigation library.** The app uses `androidx.navigation:navigation-compose` 2.10.1. Its
+  Gradle module metadata publishes an `androidJvm` variant and only **`jvmStubs`** for `jvm`
+  (checked 2026-09-27), so it cannot run the nav host on Desktop. The multiplatform path is
+  JetBrains' `org.jetbrains.androidx.navigation:navigation-compose`, which resolves to the
+  androidx artifact on Android. That swap (and its licence check, per CLAUDE.md) comes before
+  `AppNavigation` can move.
+- **The app root.** `Amethyst.instance` (the `AppModules` graph) is read by 178 files, 115 of
+  them under `ui/`. Shared screens cannot reach an Android `Application`. The root needs a
+  commons-side interface for what screens read from it, provided once at the composition root
+  (as `LocalUserFinderAccount` / `LocalEventFinder` already are), with an Android and a JVM
+  implementation.
+- **Android-only libraries rendered inside screens.** Each needs an expect/actual or a slot the
+  shim fills: media3 (46 files), Vico charts (8), WebView (5), CameraX (4), Health Connect (4),
+  ML Kit (3, `play` flavour only).
+- **Current-Desktop-only features.** The current `desktopApp` (260 files, ~70k lines) has
+  features Android lacks: deck columns, the article editor, highlights, scheduled-post
+  screens, keyboard shortcuts, menu bar, tray. Each needs a call before the old app is
+  retired: bring it into `commonsUI` for both platforms, or keep it in the new JVM shim. That
+  inventory is not done yet.
+
+## Wave 4, measured: what moves with `Account`
+
+Measured 2026-09-27 on `main` @ `c13e496c` with a closure script (not committed; the method
+is below) over `amethyst/src/{main,play,fdroid}`.
+
+**An unconstrained closure is useless.** Following every edge from `Account.kt` reaches
+1,724 of the app's 1,762 files, because a few edges leave `model/` for the app root
+(`Amethyst.kt`), `ui/navigation` and `ui/screen`, and those reach everything. The useful
+measure is the group reachable **inside `model/`**, plus the list of edges that leave it.
+Each leaving edge is a seam to cut before the group can move.
+
+### The group
+
+- **75 files, 22,753 lines**: `Account.kt`, `AccountSettings.kt`, the `Account*Actions` files,
+  `EventBroadcaster`, and 60-odd per-feature state holders (`nip51Lists/*`, `nip65RelayList`,
+  `serverList/*`, `topNavFeeds/*`, `nip46Signer/*`, `cordn/*`, …). That is 75 of the 89 files
+  in `model/`.
+- **Adding `EventProcessor`** (`ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt`, which
+  `Account` constructs) brings it to 77 files, 23,850 lines, and adds no new exit edge except
+  two `Amethyst.instance.notificationDispatcher` calls.
+- **11 files use `java.*`** (`BigDecimal`, `ConcurrentHashMap`, `UUID`, `Base64`, `File`,
+  `Locale`, and `OkHttpClient` in `CashuWalletState`). So the group lands in
+  **`commons/jvmAndroid`** first and promotes to `commonMain` later, the same route
+  `LocalCache` took.
+- **No Compose UI** in any of them.
+
+### Hard blockers inside the group (5 files)
+
+| File | Blocker | Proposed cut |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Account.kt` | `BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME` (donation prompt, 3 sites) | constructor parameter `appVersion: String` |
+| `AccountSyncedSettingsInternal.kt` | `Resources.getSystem()` + `ConfigurationCompat` for the system language list; `DefaultBottomBarEntries` from `ui/navigation/bottombars/NavBarItem.kt` | languages: an injected `() -> List<String>` or a small expect/actual; defaults: move the default entry list to `commons/model/navigation`, beside `BottomBarEntry` |
+| `GeohashChatIdentityState.kt` | `androidx.core.content.edit`, `LegacySharedPreferences`, `LocalPreferences.LEGACY_WRITES_RETIRED`, `Amethyst.instance.encryptedStorage` | the legacy-prefs read/write is a migration path; put it behind a `GeohashIdentityLegacyStore` port, implemented in the app |
+| `AccountZapActions.kt` | `onError: (StringResource, String?)` with `Res.string.bolt12_*` (compose resources, which `commons` cannot see) | a typed error (sealed class) that the UI maps to a string |
+| `nip46Signer/Nip46ConsentBridge.kt` | `Res` + `loadStringRes`; `Amethyst.instance.appContext`; the app's `SignerConnectCoordinator` / `SignerConsentCoordinator` / napplet op labels | it is the Android consent-dialog bridge: leave it in the app and inject it into `Account` through an interface |
+
+### Edges that leave the group (14 targets)
+
+| Target | Used for | Proposed cut |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Amethyst.kt` | `keyCache` (Account), `encryptedStorage` (Geohash), `appContext` (Nip46 bridge), `notificationDispatcher` (EventProcessor) | constructor parameters / ports; the notification dispatcher gets an interface |
+| `LocalPreferences.kt` | `saveToEncryptedStorage(accountSettings)` on settings change | a `AccountSettingsPersister` port, implemented in the app |
+| `DebugUtils.kt` | `logTime` (2 sites) | move `logTime` to `commons/util` (it is timing + `Log`) |
+| `service/MainThreadChecker.kt` | `checkNotInMainThread` (HiddenUsersState) | the same settable hook `LocalCache` already needed |
+| `service/location/LocationState.kt` | the `LocationResult` type in `geolocationFlow` and the around-me feed | move the result type to `commons`; the `LocationManager` half stays |
+| `service/uploads/FileHeader.kt` | the `FileHeader` data type in three send methods | split: the data class to `commons`, the `MediaMetadataRetriever` reader stays |
+| `service/relayClient/…/BuzzMembershipEoseManager.kt` | the `MembershipNotificationKinds` constant | move the constant to `commons/model/buzz` |
+| `ui/navigation/bottombars/NavBarItem.kt` | `DefaultBottomBarEntries` | see the table above |
+| `ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt` | `EventProcessor`, built by `Account` | moves with the group (see above) |
+| `AccountSecretsStore.kt`, `LegacySharedPreferences.kt` | Geohash identity storage | behind the Geohash port above |
+| `connectedApps/consent/*Coordinator.kt`, `napplet/NostrSignerOpLabels.kt` | Nip46 consent bridge | stay in the app with the bridge |
+
+About twenty small cuts, most of them "pass it in" or "move one declaration". None is a
+redesign.
+
+## Wave 4, measured: `AccountViewModel`
+
+`AccountViewModel.kt` is 3,303 lines.
+
+- **Android imports.** Its Android imports are `Context` (3 methods take one), `Toast`,
+  `Uri`, `Handler`/`Looper`, `android.util.LruCache` (5 sites), `NotificationManager` and
+  `ContextCompat`. It has no `R` references left.
+- **`Amethyst.instance`.** It reads the app root in six places: `websocketBuilder`,
+  `relayStats`, `powPublishQueue`, `localBlossomCacheProbe`, `blossomResolver` and
+  `appContext`.
+- **Other app files.** Outside the `Account` group it depends on 29 app files. They fall into
+  three kinds:
+  - **Headless, should move with it:** `RelaySubscriptionsCoordinator`, `ClinkDebitPayer`,
+    `CallSessionBridge`, `NestBridge`, `MarkChatRoomsAsRead`, `RowUnread`,
+    `ReloadMintViewModel`, `EventSync`, `CardFeedContentState`, `RoleBasedHttpClientBuilder`.
+  - **Payment and intent handlers:** `ZapPaymentHandler`, `V4VPaymentHandler`,
+    `LightningAddressResolver`, `MeltProcessor`, `ZapCustomDialog.payViaIntent`. They take an
+    Android `Context` to fire payment intents; that needs a `PaymentLauncher` port.
+  - **Composable files it borrows a type or constant from:** `ZapAmountCommentNotification`
+    (`MultiSetCompose`), `ZapraiserStatus` (`ReactionsRow`), `NOTIFICATION_LAST_READ_KEY`
+    (`NotificationScreen`). The declarations move to `commons`; the composables don't have to.
+  - **Genuinely Android:** `MediaSaverToDisk`, `MarmotGroupIconUploader`,
+    `dismissNotificationForEvent` (`NotificationUtils`). These go behind ports.
+
+`AccountViewModel` moves after the `Account` group, into `commons/viewmodels` (jvmAndroid
+first).
+
+## Sequence
+
+1. **Docs** (this plan, and the rule changes in CLAUDE.md, both ARCHITECTURE files, three
+   skills and the tracker). Done 2026-09-27.
+2. **Cut the `Account` group's seams**, one small PR each, in the app, with no move yet. Every
+   cut is a behaviour-preserving refactor that compiles and tests on its own:
+   - the `BuildConfig` parameter;
+   - `DefaultBottomBarEntries`;
+   - `MembershipNotificationKinds`;
+   - `logTime`;
+   - `checkNotInMainThread`;
+   - the `LocationResult` and `FileHeader` types;
+   - the settings-persister, Geohash legacy-store, Nip46-bridge and notification-dispatcher
+     ports;
+   - the typed zap error.
+3. **Move the group** (77 files) to `commons/jvmAndroid` in one PR. Desktop keeps its
+   `DesktopIAccount` until the old app is retired; `IAccount` stays as the port it already is.
+4. **`AccountViewModel`**: the same recipe, using the dependency list above.
+5. **The shared composables and their helpers** (sized in the tracker's 2026-09-27 section):
+   - `RouteMaker`;
+   - drop the `accountViewModel` overloads of the `observe*` helpers;
+   - `DisappearingScaffold`'s immersive-scrolling read goes onto `DisplaySettings`;
+   - then `UserProfilePicture`, `UsernameDisplay`, `Loaders`, `RichTextViewer`,
+     `NoteCompose`.
+
+   Once `AccountViewModel` is in `commons`, these move without retyping.
+6. **Screens**, feature by feature, into `commonsUI`.
+7. **Navigation**: the library swap, then `AppNavigation` + rail + drawer + bottom bar.
+8. **The app root port** and the new JVM shim. Then the Desktop feature inventory, and
+   retiring the old `desktopApp`.
+
+Steps 2–5 can interleave. Step 5's helpers can start before 3–4 if they take `Account` /
+`AccountViewModel` unchanged and only move later.
+
+## Method (so the numbers can be re-run)
+
+The closure script indexes every public top-level declaration in
+`amethyst/src/{main,play,fdroid}`. For each file it follows edges of four kinds:
+
+- explicit imports;
+- wildcard imports;
+- inline fully-qualified names;
+- **same-package references**, which need no import. This is the undercount the tracker's
+  header warns about.
+
+A same-package lowercase name reached through a `.` counts only when it is an extension. The
+lexer blanks strings but keeps `${…}` templates. A file is marked blocked by any of:
+
+- `android.*`, `com.google.*`, or a non-KMP `androidx.*`;
+- `R`/`BuildConfig`;
+- a library `commons` lacks.
+
+Symbols from `commons.*` that actually live in `commonsUI` (`Res`, `loadStringRes`) are
+checked separately. The first pass missed them. Known over-count: same-package token matching
+can link a file to a same-named declaration it does not use; the edges above were checked by
+hand.
diff --git a/commons/plans/README.md b/commons/plans/README.md
index faf2fdd620..46009a7720 100644
--- a/commons/plans/README.md
+++ b/commons/plans/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # commons plans
 
-_Audited 2026-06-30 (+ 2026-09-12 split entry, 2026-09-27 migration entries)._
+_Audited 2026-06-30 (+ 2026-09-12 split entry, 2026-09-27 migration and one-UI entries)._
 
 ## In progress
 | Plan | Summary |
 | ---- | ------- |
 | [2026-05-04-custom-feeds-plan.md](2026-05-04-custom-feeds-plan.md) | Custom feed creation/discovery/management for Desktop; core model + builder + kind 31890 + desktop UI shipped, but relay-filter layer, DVM marketplace, kind 10090 sync, and list resolution still pending. |
 | [2026-05-06-nest-subscription-manager-extraction.md](2026-05-06-nest-subscription-manager-extraction.md) | Split the per-speaker subscription state machine out of `NestViewModel`; only the `ActiveSubscription` stepping-stone is extracted so far. |
-| [2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md](2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md) | The running tracker for moving `amethyst/` code into `commons`/`commonsUI`: waves, what moved each round, what stays and why. `LocalCache` has moved; retiring `DesktopLocalCache` (Wave 2 part B) and the `AccountViewModel` hub composables are next. |
+| [2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md](2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md) | **The target.** Android ships on laptops, so the whole UI (screens + navigation shell) moves to `commonsUI`, `amethyst` becomes an Android shim, and a new JVM `desktopApp` renders the same UI. Measures Wave 4: `Account`'s 77-file move-group, its 5 blocked files and 14 seams, and `AccountViewModel`'s dependencies; sequences the rest. |
+| [2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md](2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md) | The running log of moving `amethyst/` code into `commons`/`commonsUI`: waves, what moved each round. `LocalCache` has moved. Its STAY list and Wave 2 part B are superseded by the one-UI plan above. |
 | [2026-05-30-amethyst-to-commons-migration.md](2026-05-30-amethyst-to-commons-migration.md) | The original roadmap for the same move; superseded in practice by the sweep tracker above. |
 
 ## Queued
diff --git a/commonsUI/ARCHITECTURE.md b/commonsUI/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 8a091c05f7..a1e4e707b7 100644
--- a/commonsUI/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/commonsUI/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ therefore useless to the headless `cli`:
   its `LazyListState`, `ChatNewMessageState` with `TextFieldValue`,
   `EmojiSuggestionState` with `TextFieldState`).
 
+Its end state is **the whole app UI**: every screen, the navigation host and the
+navigation chrome for every window size (bottom bar, rail, permanent drawer), with
+`amethyst` and a new JVM `desktopApp` as thin shims around it. Screens still in
+`amethyst/` are waiting on `AccountViewModel` and the app root, not staying there
+by design. See `commons/plans/2026-09-27-one-ui-android-desktop.md`.
+
 It depends on `:commons` (and `:quartz`) as **`api`**, so a consumer that adds
 `:commonsUI` sees the headless layer transitively. `amethyst`, `desktopApp`,
 `nappletHost` and `benchmark` depend on it; `cli`, `geode`, `marmotBench`