Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT broker Eclipse Foundation

Eclipse Mosquitto is an open-source MQTT broker designed to facilitate messaging in Internet of Things (IoT) environments. It supports MQTT protocol versions 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1, enabling efficient communication between devices, sensors, and applications. Lightweight and versatile, it is suitable for a wide range of devices, from low-power single-board computers to full-scale servers.

Key Features:

• Multi-Protocol Support: Enables messaging across MQTT versions, ensuring compatibility with diverse IoT ecosystems.
• Lightweight Design: Optimized for performance on resource-constrained devices, making it ideal for IoT deployments.
• High Portability: Available on multiple platforms, ensuring flexibility in deployment environments.
• Security Enhancements: Supports MQTT over TLS and WebSockets with TLS, providing secure communication channels.
• Comprehensive Toolset: Includes the C library for MQTT clients, as well as command-line tools like mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub, simplifying development and testing.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers, IoT solution providers, and organizations seeking reliable and scalable messaging infrastructure. Mosquitto empowers users to build secure, efficient, and interconnected systems, enabling seamless communication between devices and services in both industrial and consumer settings. Its ability to handle large-scale deployments ensures robust performance while maintaining low resource consumption.

Eclipse Mosquitto can be installed via winget for easy setup on supported platforms.