# bytebeamio/rumqtt

The MQTT ecosystem in rust

Repository: https://github.com/bytebeamio/rumqtt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rumqtt
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: mqtt, rust, asyncio, emqx, iot, tokio, hivemq, mqtt-ecosystem
Last push: 2026-05-01T12:09:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 45, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2514, "days_push": 124, "days_rel": 285, "gap_med": 36.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2160, forks 343 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:20.905894+00:00)

## What it is
rumqtt is a Rust ecosystem implementing the MQTT standard, consisting of rumqttc (a high-level async MQTT client) and rumqttd (a high-performance, embeddable MQTT broker). It aims to be simple, robust, and performant for IoT messaging workloads.

## Use cases
- publish and subscribe to mqtt topics from rust
- run a lightweight mqtt broker for iot devices
- embed an mqtt broker inside a rust application
- connect sensors to a message broker over mqtt
- build an async mqtt client with tokio
- bridge iot telemetry over mqtt

## When to choose
- you need an MQTT client or broker written in pure Rust
- you want an embeddable, high-performance broker without running EMQX or HiveMQ
- your stack is tokio-based async Rust
- you need MQTT for IoT device messaging

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured broker with clustering, rule engines, and dashboards at scale
- you need MQTT 5 features beyond rumqtt's current support
- your project is not in Rust and you only need a standalone broker with rich plugins

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: message-queue, networking, http-server, sdk, iot
- domain: iot, networking, developer-tools, microservices
- platform: rust, windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: mqtt, mqtt-client, mqtt-broker, tokio, async, embeddable, rumqttc, rumqttd, messaging, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- bytebeamio/rumqtt (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.905894+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:50:17.928562+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bytebeamio/rumqtt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.905894+00:00, sha 861760da90b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.