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What is MQTT?

MQTT is a lightweight client-server publish/subscribe messaging protocol, optimized for high-latency or unreliable networks. This protocol is a good choice for Internet of Things applications, Telemetry, Sensor Networks, Smart Metering, Home Automation, Messaging and Notification Services.

Community Resources

mqtt.org

Official MQTT website

MQTT community wiki

Community-maintained wiki with extensive documentation

Google Groups: MQTT

Official MQTT discussion group

IRC channel #mqtt

Real-time chat on Freenode

Public MQTT Brokers

A list of public brokers for testing

Blogs

Ben Hardill

MQTT articles and tutorials

Jan-Piet Mens

IoT and MQTT expert blog

Nick O'Leary

Node-RED creator's blog

HiveMQ Blog

Enterprise MQTT insights

EMQ Blog

Open source MQTT broker blog

AWS IoT Blog

Amazon's IoT and MQTT articles

Talks

An Introduction to MQTT

Why HTTP isn't the King of IoT - Samsung Developer Conference 2017

Einführung in MQTT

Building IoT conference 2016 (German)

Brokers

MQTT broker implementations - the central hub for all MQTT messaging.

Mosquitto

The Open Source MQTT Broker - the most popular choice

EMQ X

Scalable and Reliable Real-time MQTT Messaging Engine for IoT in 5G Era

HiveMQ

Java MQTT Broker supporting MQTT 3.1, 3.1.1 and 5.0. Commercial and open source editions

VerneMQ

Apache2 licensed distributed MQTT broker, developed in Erlang

NanoMQ

Light-weight and Blazing-fast MQTT Broker for IoT Edge platform

Aedes

Barebone MQTT broker that can run on any stream server, the node way

RabbitMQ

High performance messaging broker with MQTT Adapter

ActiveMQ

Fast Java multiprotocol messaging and Integration Patterns server

Moquette

Java MQTT lightweight broker

tbmq

Open-source, scalable, fault-tolerant broker for millions of IoT devices

comqtt

Lightweight, high-performance Go MQTT server supporting distributed cluster

Emitter

Distributed, scalable publish-subscribe platform with message storage

KMQTT

Kotlin Multiplatform MQTT broker, both embeddable and standalone

Mosca

Node.js MQTT broker, Standalone or Embedded

RobustMQ

Multi-protocol brokers written in Rust

Waterstream

MQTT broker leveraging Apache Kafka as storage and distribution engine

Ably

MQTT broker service and protocol adapter

hrotti

MQTT broker written in Go

hbmqtt Broker

Python MQTT broker using asyncio

esp_uMQTT_broker

Basic MQTT Broker on the ESP8266

Mystique

Extendable MQTT broker in Go with HTTP observability

MyQttHub

Cloud MQTT broker

SurgeMQ

High Performance MQTT Server and Client Libraries in Go

Vert.x MQTT Server

Vert.x component for MQTT connections and message exchange

Cloud Services

Managed MQTT services and IoT platforms in the cloud.

AWS IoT Core

Managed cloud broker supporting MQTT, MQTT over WSS, HTTPS and LoRaWAN

Azure IoT Hub

Secure and reliable communication between IoT application and devices

Google Cloud IoT

Cloud managed MQTT service from Google

HiveMQ Cloud

Cloud managed MQTT service from HiveMQ

Alibaba Cloud IoT

Secure and reliable device communication platform

CloudMQTT

Hosted message broker optimized for IoT

CloudAMQP

Hosted AMQP brokers with MQTT support

flespi

Free and secure cloud MQTT broker with private namespaces

Adafruit IO

Data-oriented IoT framework and libraries

Platforms

Complete IoT platforms with MQTT support.

mainflux

Device management, data aggregation, analytics and more. Linux Foundation supported

thingsboard

Device management, data collection, processing, and visualization for IoT

Tools

Development, testing, debugging, and monitoring tools for MQTT.

MQTT Explorer

Visualize MQTT topics in a hierarchy - a MQTT swiss-army knife

MQTTX

Cross-platform MQTT desktop client for macOS, Linux, and Windows

MQTT CLI

Command line interface supporting MQTT 5.0 and 3.1.1

MQTT.fx

MQTT Client written in Java based on Eclipse Paho with scripting

mqtt-spy

Java based MQTT frontend with scripting support

MQTT TUI

Simple lightweight terminal based MQTT monitor and publisher

mqtt-studio

Practical MQTT Tool with innovative UI for developers

MQTT Board

Open-source diagnostic-oriented MQTT client tool

hivemq-mqtt-web-client

Browser-based MQTT client using websockets

VSMQTT

Simple MQTT client integrated in Visual Studio Code

mqtt-benchmark

Benchmarking tool for MQTT Servers

mqtt-malaria

Scalability and load testing utilities for MQTT

mqtt-fuzz

Simple fuzzer for the MQTT protocol

IoT-Testware

Conformance test suites with fuzzing and performance testing

mqtt-mirror

Mirror MQTT traffic from one broker to another

mqtt_recorder

CLI tool for recording and replaying MQTT messages

mqtt_tree

Display all Topics in an expandable tree view

mqtt-wall

Subscription-only web client - like Twitter wall for MQTT

mqtt-admin

Web based MQTT frontend

mqtt-client

Simple MQTT Client command line (Python)

mqtt-shell

Simple interactive shell for MQTT

mqttcli

MQTT Client for shell scripting

mqtt-forget

Remove retained MQTT topics by wildcard

mqtt-wildcard

Node.js Module to match MQTT Topics against wildcards

mqtt-utils

A collection of MQTT utilities

imqtt

Interactive MQTT packet manipulation shell based on IPython

moxy

Golang MQTT proxy for monitoring and troubleshooting

MQTTInspector

General MQTT testing app for iOS

MQTTLens

Google Chrome MQTT client application

Python MQTT Client Shell

Interactive console shell for MQTT client operations

SimpleMQTT

Slack app to send messages to MQTT brokers

Wireshark-MQTT

MQTT dissector for Wireshark

MIMIC MQTT Simulator

Simulate up to 100,000 MQTT clients per server

mqtt-stats

Subscriber client to monitor MQTT Topic Statistics

mqtt_monitor

Lightweight console monitor for mqtt topics

Clients

MQTT client libraries for various programming languages.

Multi-Platform

Eclipse Paho

Open source clients for C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, C#, Rust, Android and Embedded

mosquitto-clients

mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub CLI clients with libmosquitto

Python

aiomqtt

Async Python MQTT client based on paho-mqtt

gmqtt

Python MQTT v5.0 client (asyncio-based)

hbmqtt Client

Python MQTT client using asyncio

MiniMQTT

MQTT Client Library for CircuitPython

JavaScript

MQTT.js

MQTT client for Node.js

mqtt-elements

Polymer elements for MQTT

mqtt-wrapper

Polymer Element that wraps Elements and links to MQTT topics

Vert.x Client

Vert.x component for MQTT connections

Java

hivemq-mqtt-client

High-performance Java MQTT client library for MQTT 5.0 and 3.1.1

C / C++

mqtt_cpp

MQTT client for C++14 based on Boost.Asio

MQTT-C

Portable MQTT C client for embedded systems and PCs

wolfMQTT

MQTT client in C for embedded use with SSL/TLS support

Go

go-mqtt

MQTT client for Go

MQTT for Go

MQTT Clients, Servers and Load Testers in Go

Other Languages

ruby-mqtt

Pure Ruby gem that implements the MQTT protocol

emqttc

Asynchronous Erlang MQTT Client

mqttex

MQTT implementation in Elixir

HiveMQtt

MQTT 5.0 compliant .NET client

MQTTnet

MQTT client and broker .NET implementations

mqtt-rs

MQTT protocol library for Rust

rumqtt

Fast, lock free pure Rust MQTT client

CocoaMQTT

MQTT for iOS and macOS written in Swift

luamqtt

Pure-lua MQTT v3.1.1 and v5.0 client

Machine Head

Clojure MQTT Client

ballerina-mqtt

Ballerina MQTT client based on paho-mqtt

MQTT-Client-Framework

iOS, macOS, tvOS native ObjectiveC MQTT Client

Scripting

Script runners and automation tools for MQTT.

Node-RED

A visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things

mqtt-scripts

Node.js based script runner

logic4mqtt

Java based Logic and scripting engine for MQTT

Interfaces

Bridges and gateways connecting MQTT to various hardware and software systems.

Makers & ESP

pubsubclient

Arduino Ethernet Shield MQTT client library

ESP32-BLE2MQTT

BLE to MQTT bridge with GATT characteristics as topics

esp_mqtt

MQTT client library for ESP8266

MySensors

Arduino NRF24L01 sensor network with MQTT gateway

deskmate

Hackable & portable MQTT-powered mini dashboard

rpi2mqtt

Connect RaspberryPi GPIOs and 1-Wire sensors to MQTT

ESP Firmwares

Tasmota

Firmware for ESP8266 devices with web config. 500+ devices supported

ESPHome

Build ESP8266/ESP32 firmware from YAML descriptions

Espurna

Home automation firmware with rich web UI and ~120 devices supported

ESPEasy

Turn ESP into multifunction sensor for home automation

OpenMQTTGateway

MQTT gateway for 433mhz, IR, BLE, Mi Flora, and more

Smart Home Hardware

zigbee2mqtt

Use Zigbee devices without vendor bridges (Xiaomi/TRADFRI/Hue)

zwavejs2mqtt

Z-Wave to MQTT gateway with Control Panel Web UI

hm2mqtt.js

Homematic to MQTT interface with Homematic IP support

knx2mqtt

KNX home automation to MQTT interface

aqara-mqtt

Aqara (Xiaomi) Gateway to MQTT bridge

xiaomi2mqtt

Xiaomi Smart Home Gateway Aquara to MQTT

Smart Home Integration Software

Home Assistant

Home automation with native MQTT - world's largest non-commercial Open Source project

openHAB

Home automation with MQTT binding

Domoticz

Home automation system with MQTT support

ioBroker

Home automation with MQTT adapter

Homegear

Built-in MQTT support

homekit2mqtt

Control MQTT devices with Siri or HomeKit Apps

More Bridges & Gateways

mqttwarn

Route and transform MQTT notifications with 70+ adapters

hue2mqtt.js

Philips Hue bridge to MQTT interface

sonos2mqtt

Bridge between Sonos and MQTT

kodi2mqtt

Kodi media center to MQTT interface

OwnTracks

Location tracking and geofencing for MQTT

Valetudo

Xiaomi (Roborock) Vacuum Robots Firmware with MQTT

Visualization & Dashboards

Dashboard and visualization tools for MQTT data.

MQTT-Tiles

IoT dashboard visualization tool with easy sharing

node-red-dashboard

Dashboard UI for Node-RED

MQTT Dash

Android app for IoT dashboards

HelloIoT

MQTT client and dashboard application

PlotJuggler

Time series visualization from MQTT, WebSockets, and more

MQTT-Hyperdash

Universal MQTT Dashboard for Linux/Raspberry Pi

mqtt-panel

Web interface for MQTT

Crouton

Dashboard that taps into your IOT network using MQTT and JSON

Linear MQTT Dashboard

Easy, customizable control panel - MQTT-client

Architecture & Convention

Standards and architectural patterns for MQTT implementations.

mqtt-smarthome

Smart home automation with MQTT as the central message bus

The Homie Convention

A lightweight MQTT convention for the IoT

Security & Encryption

Security tools and encryption solutions for MQTT.

Let's Encrypt Mosquitto

Docker container for easier TLS certificate management

mqttsa

Broker mis-configuration detection for cyber protection

MQTT-PWN

IoT Broker penetration-testing and security assessment

Teserakt E4

End-to-end encryption and key management for MQTT

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