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emqx/MQTTX

A Powerful and All-in-One MQTT 5.0 client toolbox for Desktop, CLI and WebSocket. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/emqx/MQTTX · homepage · TypeScript · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

79/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 43
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 105.5
  • age_days: 2658
  • days_rel: 222
  • days_push: 16
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

5033 stars · 548 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

MQTTX is an all-in-one, cross-platform MQTT 5.0 client toolbox from EMQ, available as a desktop GUI app, CLI, and web application. It provides a chat-like interface for connecting to MQTT brokers, publishing and subscribing to topics, plus payload codecs, scripting, benchmarking, and IoT data simulation.

Use cases

  • test mqtt broker connections
  • debug mqtt pub/sub messages
  • benchmark mqtt broker performance
  • simulate iot device data with mqtt
  • inspect and format mqtt payloads
  • connect to mqtt over websockets
  • test mqtt tls and ssl authentication
  • run mqtt load tests from the command line

When to choose

  • you need a GUI to interactively test MQTT 5.0/3.1.1/3.1 brokers
  • you want a CLI for scripted MQTT testing or benchmarking
  • you need payload conversion (Hex, Base64, JSON) and IoT data simulation
  • you want a browser-based MQTT client for quick or private deployment

When to avoid

  • you need an embedded MQTT client library for your own application code
  • you require a production messaging broker rather than a testing tool
  • you need non-MQTT protocols like AMQP or CoAP

Facets

application · maturity active

gui cli testing benchmarking developer-tools message-queue iot developer-tools cross-platform windows browser cli cross-platform mqtt mqtt5 mqtt-client iot-testing websocket electron-app vue emqx payload-codec data-simulation messaging macos linux electron

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Member repositories

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