--- title: How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes description: Monado, the open source cross-platform OpenXR runtime created by Collabora, has become the foundational layer for major XR SDKs including Google's AndroidXR,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes | daily.dev og:description: Monado, the open source cross-platform OpenXR runtime created by Collabora, has become the foundational layer for major XR SDKs including Google's AndroidXR,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WxqY6fHkG.png og:image:alt: How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Monado, the open source cross-platform OpenXR runtime created by Collabora, has become the foundational layer for major XR SDKs including Google's AndroidXR, NVIDIA CloudXR, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces, Pico's runtime (Neo3 and Pico4), Hololight Stream, and PortalVR. Its adoption is driven by high modularity (reusable components for compositors, drivers, SLAM, hand-tracking), clean API/implementation separation following the Mesa philosophy, permissive licensing that supports both open source and commercial products, and a lower barrier to entry compared to proprietary black-box stacks. Contributions from commercial users flow back to the community, reinforcing the shared foundation model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which major XR platforms and SDKs are built on top of Monado? Google's AndroidXR, NVIDIA CloudXR, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces, Pico's runtime (Neo3 and Pico4), Hololight Stream, and PortalVR all use Monado's components as their technical foundation. Monado is an open source, cross-platform OpenXR runtime developed by Collabora, architected as a modular construction kit with reusable components for compositors, drivers, SLAM, and hand-tracking. _XR engineers evaluating runtime foundations track Monado's ecosystem growth on daily.dev._ ### What makes Monado a good foundation for building a custom OpenXR runtime? Monado is architected as a modular construction kit: teams can enable or disable components like compositors, controller drivers, distortion meshes, SLAM algorithms, and ML-based hand-tracking independently. It follows the Mesa state-tracker philosophy, cleanly separating the OpenXR API from its implementation. Its permissive license supports both open source and commercial proprietary products with no legal friction. _Teams shipping XR hardware find the trade-offs between Monado and proprietary stacks covered on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Godot OpenXR Integration Project Update: Major OpenXR Features Now Production-Ready](https://daily.dev/posts/godot-openxr-integration-project-update-major-openxr-features-now-production-ready-j1wth9rr3) · Khronos · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin v5.1 – Godot Engine](https://daily.dev/posts/godot-openxr-vendors-plugin-v5-1-godot-engine-7j3aecljv) · Godot · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google’s Android XR Is Here: Here’s What Developers Need to Know](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-android-xr-is-here-here-s-what-developers-need-to-know-ulgk8meif) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Open standards, OpenXR, and European pathways to global XR interoperability](https://daily.dev/posts/open-standards-openxr-and-european-pathways-to-global-xr-interoperability-y3aipsbas) · Khronos · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#openxr](https://daily.dev/tags/openxr), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:57:24.274Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T02:23:36.289Z","description":"Monado, the open source cross-platform OpenXR runtime created by Collabora, has become the foundational layer for major XR SDKs including Google's AndroidXR,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df895efdf2313f8236e064fece512b5a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df895efdf2313f8236e064fece512b5a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collabora Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collabora Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZGZ0FjqS--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438306/logos/collabora?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,openxr,vulkan","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collabora Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes-wxqy6fhkg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which major XR platforms and SDKs are built on top of Monado?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Google's AndroidXR, NVIDIA CloudXR, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces, Pico's runtime (Neo3 and Pico4), Hololight Stream, and PortalVR all use Monado's components as their technical foundation. 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