The core of libcamera framework exposes kernel driver APIs to userspace while the libcamera application layer abstracts the developer from complex hardware usage. Moreover, integration of libcamera into PipeWire brings all the abilities offered by libcamera into PipeWire. As camera application development through v4l becomes more and more complex, Collabora decided to tackle this by integrating libcamera into PipeWire to offer all the evolutions coming from both the frameworks.