diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b591ec8..18302e7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2855,8 +2855,7 @@ checksum = "f9fbbcab51052fe104eb5e5d351cf728d30a5be1fe14d9be8a3b097481fb97de"
 [[package]]
 name = "libmonado"
 version = "1.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0df3183760954d877b894d42f5c6954837d8a7d7bd5f042409c4175afeaf24ea"
+source = "git+https://github.com/oo8dev/libmonado-rs.git?rev=fc39940a64dea2df080a0d2c974c7d651006241f#fc39940a64dea2df080a0d2c974c7d651006241f"
 dependencies = [
  "dlopen2",
  "flagset",
@@ -3108,6 +3107,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pxfm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "multimap"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d87ecb2933e8aeadb3e3a02b828fed80a7528047e68b4f424523a0981a3a084"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -3905,6 +3910,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8701b58ea97060d5e5b155d383a69952a60943f0e6dfe30b04c287beb0b27455"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "indexmap 2.12.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -4167,6 +4183,64 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.113",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2ea70524a2f82d518bce41317d0fae74151505651af45faf1ffbd6fd33f0568"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-build"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "343d3bd7056eda839b03204e68deff7d1b13aba7af2b2fd16890697274262ee7"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "log",
+ "multimap",
+ "petgraph",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "regex",
+ "syn 2.0.113",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "27c6023962132f4b30eb4c172c91ce92d933da334c59c23cddee82358ddafb0b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.113",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8991c4cbdb8bc5b11f0b074ffe286c30e523de90fee5ba8132f1399f23cb3dd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost_build"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost-build",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pure-rust-locales"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -6293,6 +6367,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mint",
  "openxr",
  "ovr_overlay",
+ "prost",
  "pure-rust-locales",
  "regex",
  "rosc",
@@ -6305,6 +6380,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slotmap",
  "smallvec",
  "smithay",
+ "smol",
  "strum",
  "sysinfo",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e4200c1a..5488eca7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ members = [
   "dash-frontend",
   "wayvr-ipc",
   "wayvrctl",
+  "scripts/prost_build",
 ]
 resolver = "3"
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ vulkano = { git = "https://github.com/galister/vulkano.git", rev = "cf7f92867928
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.100"
+smol = "2.0.2"
 glam = { version = "0.30.9", features = ["mint", "serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5.53", features = ["derive"] }
 xdg = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/dash-frontend/Cargo.toml b/dash-frontend/Cargo.toml
index eae5d91c..06f1b010 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dash-frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ strum.workspace = true
 
 chrono = "0.4.42"
 keyvalues-parser = { git = "https://github.com/CosmicHorrorDev/vdf-rs.git", rev = "fc6dcbea9eb13cacb98dea40063f6f56cde6e145" }
-smol = "2.0.2"
+smol = { workspace = true }
 hyper = { version = "1.8.1", features = ["client", "http1", "http2"] }
 http-body-util = "0.1.3"
 async-native-tls = "0.5.0"
 smol-hyper = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
-default = ["monado" ]
+default = ["monado"]
 monado = []
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/frontend.rs b/dash-frontend/src/frontend.rs
index b43c3b21..18f1d579 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/frontend.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use wgui::{
 	windowing::window::{WguiWindow, WguiWindowParams, WguiWindowParamsExtra, WguiWindowPlacement},
 };
 use wlx_common::{
+	async_executor::AsyncExecutor,
 	audio,
 	dash_interface::{BoxDashInterface, RecenterMode},
 	locale::WayVRLangProvider,
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ use crate::{
 	util::{
 		popup_manager::{MountPopupParams, PopupManager, PopupManagerParams},
 		toast_manager::ToastManager,
-		various::AsyncExecutor,
 	},
 	views,
 };
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/util/cached_fetcher.rs b/dash-frontend/src/util/cached_fetcher.rs
index d1a2ee33..5c7f84bc 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/util/cached_fetcher.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/util/cached_fetcher.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use wlx_common::cache_dir;
+use wlx_common::{async_executor::AsyncExecutor, cache_dir};
 
-use crate::util::{http_client, steam_utils::AppID, various::AsyncExecutor};
+use crate::util::{http_client, steam_utils::AppID};
 
 pub struct CoverArt {
 	// can be empty in case if data couldn't be fetched (use a fallback image then)
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/util/http_client.rs b/dash-frontend/src/util/http_client.rs
index b6af702c..875d509e 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/util/http_client.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/util/http_client.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ use smol::{net::TcpStream, prelude::*};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-
-use crate::util::various::AsyncExecutor;
+use wlx_common::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 pub struct HttpClientResponse {
 	pub data: Vec<u8>,
 }
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/util/mod.rs b/dash-frontend/src/util/mod.rs
index 67d18d3b..e5290607 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ pub mod pactl_wrapper;
 pub mod popup_manager;
 pub mod steam_utils;
 pub mod toast_manager;
-pub mod various;
 pub mod wgui_simple;
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_cover.rs b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_cover.rs
index 5221ea1d..6adc4110 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_cover.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_cover.rs
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ use wgui::{
 		util::WLength,
 	},
 };
+use wlx_common::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 
 use crate::util::{
 	cached_fetcher::{self, CoverArt},
 	steam_utils::{self, AppID},
-	various::AsyncExecutor,
 };
 
 pub struct ViewCommon {
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_launcher.rs b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_launcher.rs
index 2267e069..03d26d77 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_launcher.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_launcher.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::{
 	util::{
 		cached_fetcher::{self, CoverArt},
 		steam_utils::{self, AppID, AppManifest},
-		various::AsyncExecutor,
 	},
 	views::game_cover,
 };
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ use wgui::{
 	task::Tasks,
 	widget::{ConstructEssentials, label::WidgetLabel},
 };
+use wlx_common::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 enum Task {
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
index 9946bdf6..5de3cf64 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use wgui::{
 		label::{WidgetLabel, WidgetLabelParams},
 	},
 };
+use wlx_common::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 
 use crate::{
 	frontend::{FrontendTask, FrontendTasks},
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ use crate::{
 		cached_fetcher::CoverArt,
 		popup_manager::{MountPopupParams, PopupHandle},
 		steam_utils::{self, AppID, SteamUtils},
-		various::AsyncExecutor,
 	},
 	views::{self, game_cover, game_launcher},
 };
diff --git a/scripts/prost_build/Cargo.toml b/scripts/prost_build/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f748fe75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prost_build/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "prost_build"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+prost-build = "0.14.3"
diff --git a/scripts/prost_build/src/main.rs b/scripts/prost_build/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12f50c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prost_build/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use std::io::Result;
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    prost_build::compile_protos(&["src/monado_metrics.proto"], &["src/"])?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/scripts/prost_build/src/monado_metrics.proto b/scripts/prost_build/src/monado_metrics.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27682366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prost_build/src/monado_metrics.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package monado_metrics;
+
+
+message Version
+{
+	uint32 major = 1;
+	uint32 minor = 2;
+}
+
+message SessionFrame
+{
+	//! Which session this frame belongs to.
+	int64 session_id = 1;
+
+	//! ID of frame.
+	int64 frame_id = 2;
+
+	//! How long we thought the frame would take.
+	uint64 predicted_frame_time_ns = 3;
+
+	//! When we predicted the app should wake up.
+	uint64 predicted_wake_up_time_ns = 4;
+
+	//! When the client's GPU work should have completed.
+	uint64 predicted_gpu_done_time_ns = 5;
+
+	//! When we predicted this frame to be shown.
+	uint64 predicted_display_time_ns = 6;
+
+	//! The selected display period.
+	uint64 predicted_display_period_ns = 7;
+
+	/*!
+	 * When the app told us to display this frame, can be different
+	 * then the predicted display time so we track that separately.
+	 */
+	uint64 display_time_ns = 8;
+
+	//! When the predict call was made (inside of xrWaitFrame).
+	uint64 when_predicted_ns = 9;
+
+	//! When the waiting thread was woken up.
+	uint64 when_wait_woke_ns = 10;
+
+	//! When xrBeginFrame was called.
+	uint64 when_begin_ns = 11;
+
+	//! When the layer information was delivered, (inside of xrEndFrame).
+	uint64 when_delivered_ns = 12;
+
+	//! When the scheduled GPU work was completed.
+	uint64 when_gpu_done_ns = 13;
+
+	//! Was this frame discarded.
+	bool discarded = 14;
+}
+
+message Used
+{
+	//! Owning session of the frame.
+	int64 session_id = 1;
+
+	//! Which session frame was used by the compositor.
+	int64 session_frame_id = 2;
+
+	//! The system frame that the session was used by.
+	int64 system_frame_id = 3;
+
+	//! When the frame was latched.
+	uint64 when_ns = 4;
+}
+
+message SystemFrame
+{
+	//! ID of frame.
+	int64 frame_id = 1;
+
+	//! Projected pixels to photon time.
+	uint64 predicted_display_time_ns = 2;
+
+	//! Current period of displaying of frames.
+	uint64 predicted_display_period_ns = 3;
+
+	//! When the compositor should hand pixels to display hardware.
+	uint64 desired_present_time_ns = 4;
+
+	//! The time that the compositor should wake up.
+	uint64 wake_up_time_ns = 5;
+	uint64 present_slop_ns = 6;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Out of band info about a GPU timing from a system compositor.
+ */
+message SystemGpuInfo
+{
+	//! ID of frame.
+	int64 frame_id = 1;
+
+	//! Start of GPU work.
+	uint64 gpu_start_ns = 2;
+
+	//! End of GPU work.
+	uint64 gpu_end_ns = 3;
+
+	//! When the information was gathered.
+	uint64 when_ns = 4;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Information that comes from the vulkan present timing.
+ */
+message SystemPresentInfo
+{
+	//! ID of frame.
+	int64 frame_id = 1;
+
+	//! The total expected time for the compositor to complete a frame.
+	uint64 expected_comp_time_ns = 2;
+
+	//! The time we predicted the compositor to wake up time.
+	uint64 predicted_wake_up_time_ns = 3;
+
+	//! Predicted time for completion of the GPU work.
+	uint64 predicted_done_time_ns = 4;
+
+	//! Predicted display time.
+	uint64 predicted_display_time_ns = 5;
+
+	//! When was this frame predicted.
+	uint64 when_predict_ns = 6;
+
+	//! When we last woke up the compositor after its equivalent of wait_frame.
+	uint64 when_woke_ns = 7;
+
+	//! When the compositor started rendering a frame
+	uint64 when_began_ns = 8;
+
+	//! When the compositor finished rendering a frame
+	uint64 when_submitted_ns = 9;
+
+	//! When new frame timing info was last added.
+	uint64 when_infoed_ns = 10;
+
+	//! When we wanted to start presenting.
+	uint64 desired_present_time_ns = 11;
+
+	//! The slop used for this frame.
+	uint64 present_slop_ns = 12;
+
+	//! Margin of GPU to present time.
+	uint64 present_margin_ns = 13;
+
+	//! When the present time actually happened.
+	uint64 actual_present_time_ns = 14;
+
+	//! The earliest we could have presented.
+	uint64 earliest_present_time_ns = 15;
+}
+
+
+message Record
+{
+	oneof record {
+		Version version = 1;
+		SessionFrame session_frame = 2;
+		Used used = 3;
+		SystemFrame system_frame = 4;
+		SystemGpuInfo system_gpu_info = 5;
+		SystemPresentInfo system_present_info = 6;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/wayvr/Cargo.toml b/wayvr/Cargo.toml
index 22c08795..916caa7c 100644
--- a/wayvr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wayvr/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ interprocess = { version = "2.2.3" }
 json = { version = "0.12.4", optional = true }
 json5 = "1.3.0"
 libc = "0.2.178"
-libmonado = { version = "1.6.0", optional = true }
+smol = { workspace = true }
+libmonado = { git = "https://github.com/oo8dev/libmonado-rs.git", rev = "fc39940a64dea2df080a0d2c974c7d651006241f", optional = true }
 log-panics = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["with-backtrace"] }
 mint = "0.5.9"
 openxr = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["linked", "mint"], optional = true }
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ xcb = { version = "1.6.0", optional = true, features = [
   "as-raw-xcb-connection",
 ] }
 xkbcommon = { version = "0.8.0" } # 0.9.0 breaks keymap import on some distros
+prost = { version = "0.14.3", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 regex.workspace = true
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ regex.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = ["openvr", "openxr", "osc", "x11", "wayland"]
 openvr = ["dep:ovr_overlay", "dep:json"]
-openxr = ["dep:openxr", "dep:libmonado"]
+openxr = ["dep:openxr", "dep:libmonado", "dep:prost"]
 osc = ["dep:rosc"]
 x11 = ["dep:xcb", "wlx-capture/xshm", "xkbcommon/x11"]
 wayland = ["pipewire", "wlx-capture/wlr", "xkbcommon/wayland"]
diff --git a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/blocker.rs b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/blocker.rs
index 08c6497e..a99dd1f5 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/blocker.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/blocker.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl InputBlocker {
     }
 
     pub fn update(&mut self, app: &mut AppState) {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return; // monado not available
         };
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl InputBlocker {
             } else {
                 trace!("Unblocking input");
             }
-            self.block_inputs(monado, should_block_inputs, should_block_poses);
+            self.block_inputs(&mut monado.ipc, should_block_inputs, should_block_poses);
         }
 
         self.inputs_blocked_last_frame = should_block_inputs;
diff --git a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/input.rs b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/input.rs
index 47306fac..f37c4673 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/input.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/input.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl OpenXrInputSource {
     }
 
     pub fn update_devices(app: &mut AppState) -> bool {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return false; // monado not available
         };
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ impl OpenXrInputSource {
         let mut seen = Vec::<u32>::with_capacity(32);
 
         for (mnd_role, wlx_role) in roles {
-            let device = monado.device_from_role(mnd_role);
+            let device = monado.ipc.device_from_role(mnd_role);
             if let Ok(mut device) = device
                 && !seen.contains(&device.index)
             {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ impl OpenXrInputSource {
                 Self::update_device_battery_status(&mut device, wlx_role, &mut app.input_state);
             }
         }
-        if let Ok(devices) = monado.devices() {
+        if let Ok(devices) = monado.ipc.devices() {
             for mut device in devices {
                 if !seen.contains(&device.index) {
                     let role = if device.name_id >= 4 && device.name_id <= 8 {
diff --git a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/mod.rs b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/mod.rs
index 4d43cf94..8e7938f7 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/mod.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/mod.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ mod blocker;
 mod helpers;
 mod input;
 mod lines;
+pub mod monado_state;
 mod overlay;
 mod playspace;
 mod skybox;
@@ -85,15 +86,18 @@ pub fn openxr_run(show_by_default: bool, headless: bool) -> Result<(), BackendEr
 
     let mut delete_queue = vec![];
 
-    app.monado_init();
+    app.monado_state_init();
 
-    let mut playspace = app.monado.as_mut().and_then(|m| {
-        playspace::PlayspaceMover::new(m)
+    let mut playspace = app.monado_state.as_mut().and_then(|m| {
+        playspace::PlayspaceMover::new(&mut m.ipc)
             .map_err(|e| log::warn!("Will not use Monado playspace mover: {e}"))
             .ok()
     });
 
-    let mut blocker = app.monado.as_ref().map(blocker::InputBlocker::new);
+    let mut blocker = app
+        .monado_state
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|m| blocker::InputBlocker::new(&m.ipc));
 
     let (session, mut frame_wait, mut frame_stream) = unsafe {
         let raw_session = helpers::create_overlay_session(
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn openxr_run(show_by_default: bool, headless: bool) -> Result<(), BackendEr
             }
         }
 
-        if app.monado.is_some() && next_device_update <= Instant::now() {
+        if app.monado_state.is_some() && next_device_update <= Instant::now() {
             let changed = OpenXrInputSource::update_devices(&mut app);
             if changed {
                 overlays.devices_changed(&mut app)?;
@@ -403,6 +407,10 @@ pub fn openxr_run(show_by_default: bool, headless: bool) -> Result<(), BackendEr
         futures.wait()?;
         // End rendering
 
+        if let Some(monado_state) = &mut app.monado_state {
+            monado_state.update();
+        }
+
         // Layer composition
         let mut layers = vec![];
         if !main_session_visible && let Some(skybox) = skybox.as_mut() {
@@ -499,8 +507,8 @@ pub fn openxr_run(show_by_default: bool, headless: bool) -> Result<(), BackendEr
         watch.config.active_state.as_mut().unwrap().transform = watch_transform;
     } // main_loop
 
-    if let (Some(blocker), Some(monado)) = (blocker, app.monado.as_mut()) {
-        blocker.unblock(monado);
+    if let (Some(blocker), Some(monado)) = (blocker, app.monado_state.as_mut()) {
+        blocker.unblock(&mut monado.ipc);
     }
 
     overlays.persist_layout(&mut app);
diff --git a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/monado_state.rs b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/monado_state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..293cb3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/monado_state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use crate::subsystem::monado_metrics::{self, metrics_fd::MonadoMetricsFd};
+
+pub struct MonadoState {
+    pub ipc: libmonado::Monado,
+    pub metrics: Option<MonadoMetricsFd>,
+}
+
+impl MonadoState {
+    pub fn new() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let mut ipc = libmonado::Monado::auto_connect().map_err(|s| anyhow::anyhow!("{s}"))?;
+
+        let metrics = monado_metrics::metrics_fd::MonadoMetricsFd::new(&mut ipc)?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            ipc,
+            metrics: Some(metrics),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn update(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(metrics) = &mut self.metrics {
+            metrics.update();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/playspace.rs b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/playspace.rs
index 24bd3c02..3f02d377 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/playspace.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/backend/openxr/playspace.rs
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ impl PlayspaceMover {
     }
 
     pub fn handle_task(&mut self, app: &mut AppState, task: PlayspaceTask) {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return; // monado not available
         };
 
         match task {
             PlayspaceTask::FixFloor => {
-                self.fix_floor(&app.input_state, monado);
+                self.fix_floor(&app.input_state, &mut monado.ipc);
             }
             PlayspaceTask::Reset => {
-                self.reset_offset(monado);
+                self.reset_offset(&mut monado.ipc);
             }
             PlayspaceTask::Recenter => {
-                self.recenter(&app.input_state, monado);
+                self.recenter(&app.input_state, &mut monado.ipc);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl PlayspaceMover {
         overlays: &mut OverlayWindowManager<OpenXrOverlayData>,
         app: &mut AppState,
     ) {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return; // monado not available
         };
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl PlayspaceMover {
             if pointer.now.space_reset {
                 if !pointer.before.space_reset {
                     log::info!("Space reset");
-                    self.reset_offset(monado);
+                    self.reset_offset(&mut monado.ipc);
                 }
                 return;
             }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl PlayspaceMover {
             data.pose *= space_transform;
             data.hand_pose = new_hand;
 
-            apply_offset(data.pose, monado);
+            apply_offset(data.pose, &mut monado.ipc);
             self.rotate = Some(data);
         } else {
             for (i, pointer) in app.input_state.pointers.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl PlayspaceMover {
             data.pose.translation += relative_pos;
             data.hand_pose = new_hand;
 
-            apply_offset(data.pose, monado);
+            apply_offset(data.pose, &mut monado.ipc);
             self.drag = Some(data);
         } else {
             for (i, pointer) in app.input_state.pointers.iter().enumerate() {
diff --git a/wayvr/src/overlays/dashboard.rs b/wayvr/src/overlays/dashboard.rs
index 3ee46f7a..a1c2cb2e 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/overlays/dashboard.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/overlays/dashboard.rs
@@ -471,11 +471,11 @@ impl DashInterface<AppState> for DashInterfaceLive {
         &mut self,
         app: &mut AppState,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<dash_interface::MonadoClient>> {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return Ok(Vec::new()); // no monado available
         };
 
-        let clients = monado_list_clients_filtered(monado)?;
+        let clients = monado_list_clients_filtered(&mut monado.ipc)?;
 
         let mut res = Vec::<dash_interface::MonadoClient>::new();
 
@@ -499,29 +499,29 @@ impl DashInterface<AppState> for DashInterfaceLive {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
     fn monado_client_focus(&mut self, app: &mut AppState, name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return Ok(()); // no monado available
         };
 
-        monado_client_focus(monado, name)
+        monado_client_focus(&mut monado.ipc, name)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
     fn monado_brightness_get(&mut self, app: &mut AppState) -> Option<f32> {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return None;
         };
 
-        monado_get_brightness(monado)
+        monado_get_brightness(&mut monado.ipc)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
     fn monado_brightness_set(&mut self, app: &mut AppState, brightness: f32) -> Option<()> {
-        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado else {
+        let Some(monado) = &mut app.monado_state else {
             return None;
         };
 
-        monado_set_brightness(monado, brightness).ok()
+        monado_set_brightness(&mut monado.ipc, brightness).ok()
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "openxr"))]
diff --git a/wayvr/src/state.rs b/wayvr/src/state.rs
index 5567f48f..9e8d7da2 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/state.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/state.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use wgui::{
     drawing, font_config::WguiFontConfig, gfx::WGfx, globals::WguiGlobals, parser::parse_color_hex,
     renderer_vk::context::SharedContext as WSharedContext,
 };
+use wlx_common::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 use wlx_common::locale::WayVRLangProvider;
 use wlx_common::{
     audio,
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ use wlx_common::{
     overlays::{ToastDisplayMethod, ToastTopic},
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
+use crate::backend;
 use crate::backend::wayvr::WvrServerState;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "osc")]
 use crate::subsystem::osc::OscSender;
 
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ use crate::{
 pub struct AppState {
     pub session: AppSession,
     pub tasks: TaskContainer,
+    pub executor: AsyncExecutor,
 
     pub gfx: Arc<WGfx>,
     pub gfx_extras: WGfxExtras,
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ pub struct AppState {
     pub wvr_server: Option<WvrServerState>,
 
     #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
-    pub monado: Option<libmonado::Monado>,
+    pub monado_state: Option<backend::openxr::monado_state::MonadoState>,
 }
 
 #[allow(unused_mut)]
@@ -152,9 +157,12 @@ impl AppState {
 
         let lang_provider = WayVRLangProvider::from_config(&session.config);
 
+        let executor = Rc::new(smol::LocalExecutor::new());
+
         Ok(Self {
             session,
             tasks,
+            executor,
             gfx,
             gfx_extras,
             hid_provider,
@@ -184,17 +192,25 @@ impl AppState {
             wvr_server,
 
             #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
-            monado: None,
+            monado_state: None,
         })
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
-    pub fn monado_init(&mut self) {
+    pub fn monado_state_init(&mut self) {
+        use crate::backend::openxr::monado_state::MonadoState;
+
         log::debug!("Connecting to Monado IPC");
-        self.monado = None; // stop connection first
-        self.monado = libmonado::Monado::auto_connect()
-            .map_err(|e| log::warn!("Will not use libmonado: {e}"))
-            .ok();
+        self.monado_state = None; // stop connection first
+
+        match MonadoState::new() {
+            Ok(m) => {
+                self.monado_state = Some(m);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Will not use libmonado: {e:?}");
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/wayvr/src/subsystem/mod.rs b/wayvr/src/subsystem/mod.rs
index abf66273..7d3a83cf 100644
--- a/wayvr/src/subsystem/mod.rs
+++ b/wayvr/src/subsystem/mod.rs
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ pub mod notifications;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "osc")]
 pub mod osc;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "openxr")]
+pub mod monado_metrics;
diff --git a/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/README.md b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84590d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+`proto.rs` can be generated via prost_build tool.
+
+To generate a new version of protobuf file:
+
+```
+cd scripts/prost_build
+OUT_DIR=your_directory cargo run
+```
+
+new protobuf files will be generated in `your_directory` directory.
diff --git a/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/metrics_fd.rs b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/metrics_fd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5c4ca8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/metrics_fd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use std::{
+    io::Read,
+    os::{fd::AsFd, unix::net::UnixStream},
+};
+
+use crate::subsystem::monado_metrics::proto;
+
+pub struct MonadoMetricsFd {
+    stream_reader: UnixStream,
+    stream_writer: UnixStream,
+}
+
+impl MonadoMetricsFd {
+    pub fn new(monado: &mut libmonado::Monado) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let (stream_reader, stream_writer) = std::os::unix::net::UnixStream::pair()?;
+        stream_writer.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+        stream_reader.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+
+        monado.push_metrics_fd(stream_writer.as_fd(), true)?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            stream_reader,
+            stream_writer,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn parse_message(&self, record: proto::Record) {
+        log::debug!("metrics message: {record:?}");
+    }
+
+    // called every frame
+    pub fn update(&mut self) {
+        let mut buf: [u8; 1024] = [0; 1024];
+
+        while let Ok(byte_count) = self.stream_reader.read(&mut buf) {
+            if byte_count == 0 {
+                debug_assert!(false);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            let res: Result<proto::Record, _> = prost::Message::decode_length_delimited(&buf[..]);
+            match res {
+                Ok(record) => {
+                    self.parse_message(record);
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::error!("decode error: {e}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/mod.rs b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82a86c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod metrics_fd;
+pub mod proto;
diff --git a/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/proto.rs b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/proto.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0232dc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wayvr/src/subsystem/monado_metrics/proto.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+// This file is @generated by prost-build.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct Version {
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "1")]
+    pub major: u32,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "2")]
+    pub minor: u32,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct SessionFrame {
+    /// ! Which session this frame belongs to.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
+    pub session_id: i64,
+    /// ! ID of frame.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "2")]
+    pub frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! How long we thought the frame would take.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub predicted_frame_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When we predicted the app should wake up.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "4")]
+    pub predicted_wake_up_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the client's GPU work should have completed.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "5")]
+    pub predicted_gpu_done_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When we predicted this frame to be shown.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "6")]
+    pub predicted_display_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! The selected display period.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "7")]
+    pub predicted_display_period_ns: u64,
+    /// !
+    /// When the app told us to display this frame, can be different
+    /// then the predicted display time so we track that separately.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "8")]
+    pub display_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the predict call was made (inside of xrWaitFrame).
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "9")]
+    pub when_predicted_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the waiting thread was woken up.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "10")]
+    pub when_wait_woke_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When xrBeginFrame was called.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "11")]
+    pub when_begin_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the layer information was delivered, (inside of xrEndFrame).
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "12")]
+    pub when_delivered_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the scheduled GPU work was completed.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "13")]
+    pub when_gpu_done_ns: u64,
+    /// ! Was this frame discarded.
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "14")]
+    pub discarded: bool,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct Used {
+    /// ! Owning session of the frame.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
+    pub session_id: i64,
+    /// ! Which session frame was used by the compositor.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "2")]
+    pub session_frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! The system frame that the session was used by.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "3")]
+    pub system_frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! When the frame was latched.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "4")]
+    pub when_ns: u64,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct SystemFrame {
+    /// ! ID of frame.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
+    pub frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! Projected pixels to photon time.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "2")]
+    pub predicted_display_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! Current period of displaying of frames.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub predicted_display_period_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the compositor should hand pixels to display hardware.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "4")]
+    pub desired_present_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! The time that the compositor should wake up.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "5")]
+    pub wake_up_time_ns: u64,
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "6")]
+    pub present_slop_ns: u64,
+}
+/// !
+/// Out of band info about a GPU timing from a system compositor.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct SystemGpuInfo {
+    /// ! ID of frame.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
+    pub frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! Start of GPU work.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "2")]
+    pub gpu_start_ns: u64,
+    /// ! End of GPU work.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub gpu_end_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the information was gathered.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "4")]
+    pub when_ns: u64,
+}
+/// !
+/// Information that comes from the vulkan present timing.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct SystemPresentInfo {
+    /// ! ID of frame.
+    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
+    pub frame_id: i64,
+    /// ! The total expected time for the compositor to complete a frame.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "2")]
+    pub expected_comp_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! The time we predicted the compositor to wake up time.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub predicted_wake_up_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! Predicted time for completion of the GPU work.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "4")]
+    pub predicted_done_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! Predicted display time.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "5")]
+    pub predicted_display_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When was this frame predicted.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "6")]
+    pub when_predict_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When we last woke up the compositor after its equivalent of wait_frame.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "7")]
+    pub when_woke_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the compositor started rendering a frame
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "8")]
+    pub when_began_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the compositor finished rendering a frame
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "9")]
+    pub when_submitted_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When new frame timing info was last added.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "10")]
+    pub when_infoed_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When we wanted to start presenting.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "11")]
+    pub desired_present_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! The slop used for this frame.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "12")]
+    pub present_slop_ns: u64,
+    /// ! Margin of GPU to present time.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "13")]
+    pub present_margin_ns: u64,
+    /// ! When the present time actually happened.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "14")]
+    pub actual_present_time_ns: u64,
+    /// ! The earliest we could have presented.
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "15")]
+    pub earliest_present_time_ns: u64,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct Record {
+    #[prost(oneof = "record::Record", tags = "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6")]
+    pub record: ::core::option::Option<record::Record>,
+}
+/// Nested message and enum types in `Record`.
+pub mod record {
+    #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Oneof)]
+    pub enum Record {
+        #[prost(message, tag = "1")]
+        Version(super::Version),
+        #[prost(message, tag = "2")]
+        SessionFrame(super::SessionFrame),
+        #[prost(message, tag = "3")]
+        Used(super::Used),
+        #[prost(message, tag = "4")]
+        SystemFrame(super::SystemFrame),
+        #[prost(message, tag = "5")]
+        SystemGpuInfo(super::SystemGpuInfo),
+        #[prost(message, tag = "6")]
+        SystemPresentInfo(super::SystemPresentInfo),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wlx-common/Cargo.toml b/wlx-common/Cargo.toml
index e9c54ae1..ee5c9d68 100644
--- a/wlx-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wlx-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ strum.workspace = true
 xdg.workspace = true
 
 chrono = "0.4.42"
-smol = "2.0.2"
+smol = { workspace = true }
 wgui = { path = "../wgui/" }
 rodio = { version = "0.21.1", default-features = false, features = [
   "playback",
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/util/various.rs b/wlx-common/src/async_executor.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from dash-frontend/src/util/various.rs
rename to wlx-common/src/async_executor.rs
diff --git a/wlx-common/src/lib.rs b/wlx-common/src/lib.rs
index 698a2d29..c2c46177 100644
--- a/wlx-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wlx-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod astr_containers;
+pub mod async_executor;
 pub mod audio;
 pub mod cache_dir;
 pub mod common;