Developing dual-state luminophores (DSLs) with strong fluorescence both in monomer and aggregate state is of great necessary but still a huge challenge, because most of current luminophores are either aggregationinduced emission or aggregation-caused quenching molecules. Moreover, limited by the structural conservation of the few existing DSLs, there is not enough response sites that can be used to customize various activatable fluorescent probes for specific molecular imaging. Herein, we engineered a general integration strategy for fabricating such DSLs with excellent photophysical properties, eg. tunable spectra, large Stokes shift (> 170 nm), and achievable near-infrared emission, which shows great potential in high-contrast imaging.Importantly, the DSLs can be used as a universal platform for probe customization due to their activatable fluorescence through protection-deprotection of phenolic hydroxyl group. Based on this, a near-infrared fluorescent probe (DSL-Gal) was developed for sensing of β-galactosidase in solutions, senescent cells, and liver metastases with high contrast, further confirmed the superiority and universal feasibility of DSLs in probe design. The integration strategy may provide a novel approach for other DSLs generation and our DSLs may have great potential for bioimaging.