---
name: "monado-service"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "monado-service"
version: "25.0.0+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/monado-service"
---

# monado-service(1)

Device and composition service for Monado-based feaetures

## NAME

**monado-service** – Device and composition service for Monado-based feaetures

## SYNOPSIS

**monado-service**

## DESCRIPTION

**monado-service** is the service module of Monado that provides hardware access and composition. It may be manually started, or allowed to auto-start through systemd socket activation via monado.socket and monado.service.

It takes no arguments, and detects whether it was started by socket activation automatically.