moscajs/aedes

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1967 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Aedes is a barebone, stream-based MQTT broker for Node.js that can run on any stream server, supporting MQTT 3.1/3.1.1 over TCP, TLS, and WebSocket. It offers pluggable middlewares for persistence, authentication, and authorization, and can be clustered for high availability.

Use cases

• run a lightweight mqtt broker in node
• embed an mqtt server inside my existing node app
• self-host a mosquitto alternative with javascript
• broker mqtt messages for iot devices
• add pub/sub messaging over websockets and tcp
• cluster an mqtt broker with redis persistence
• customize mqtt authentication and authorization with plugins
• bridge multiple mqtt brokers together

When to choose

• you need an embeddable, programmable MQTT broker in a Node.js application
• you want a lightweight barebone broker you can extend with middleware plugins
• you need MQTT 3.1/3.1.1 over TCP, TLS, or WebSocket with persistence and clustering
• you are building IoT messaging infrastructure on the Node.js ecosystem

When to avoid

• you need full MQTT 5.0 support, which is not yet implemented
• you want a standalone production broker with a GUI and no coding, where Mosquitto or a full-featured broker may fit better
• your stack is not JavaScript/Node.js and you prefer a native broker binary

Facets

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message-queue http-server middleware auth authorization caching iot backend developer-tools microservices cross-platform cli mqtt mqtt-broker pubsub stream-based iot-messaging mosca mosquitto-alternative websocket-support tls clusterable pluggable-middlewares offline-buffering message-persistence mqtt-bridge sys-topics hacktoberfest messaging nodejs docker

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