Documentation, software and online services for MQTT

To give you a first overview of the MQTT universe, we have assembled relevant documents, software and websites. If you think an important entry is missing, we would be glad to hear from you.

Documentation

• MQTT protocol - protocol for the Internet of Things

  [de] heise developer - This article offers a good overview (in German) of MQTT and its functionality
  https://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/MQTT-Protokoll-fuer-das-Internet-der-Dinge-2168152.html

• Communication over MQTT

  [de] The pragmatic architect of heise Developer shows practical examples of the MQTT client development for Arduino, JavaScript and Java.
  https://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/Kommunikation-ueber-MQTT-3238975.html

• MQTT Essentials

  [en] A detailed introduction to MQTT is offered by the 10-part document series from HiveMQ, a commercial MQTT broker for business applications.
  http://www.hivemq.com/mqtt-essentials

• MQTT-Community-Wiki

  This Wiki was originally part of the MQTT developer Andy Standford-Clark operated site mqtt.org. Today you can find it on Github.
  https://github.com/mqtt/mqtt.github.io/wiki

• Building Smarter Planet Solutions with MQTT and IBM WebSphere MQ Telemetry

  [en] The IBM Redbook on the subject of MQTT offers concentrated expert knowledge in 270 pages. In addition to a brief introduction is contains many practical examples and demo scenarios.
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248054.pdf

• MQTT Version 3.1.1 Plus Errata 01

  [en] The OASIS standard (ISO/IEC 20922:2016) in the current version can be obtained at no charge at this address.
  http://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/mqtt-v3.1.1.html

MQTT compatible hardware

• Web-IO 4.0 Digital

  Control, acquire and monitor switching signals over the network.
  To product overview

  
  
• Web Thermometers

  Measuring instruments that acquire temperature, relative humidity and barometric pressure and make the values available in the network.
  To product overview

  
  
• rule.box

  With Node-RED as the programming environment the rule.box has everything you need for acquiring, processing and sending data.
  To product overview

  
  
• MQTT.box

  The MQTT.box is a complete Mosquitto MQTT broker for DIN rail mounting.
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Development

• Eclipse Paho

  The Eclipse Paho project provides MQTT client libraries for a variety of programming languages.
  https://www.eclipse.org/paho/

• MQTT.fx

  A valuable tool for interaction with MQTT applications.
  http://mqttfx.jfx4ee.org

Brokers

• Mosquitto

  Free MQTT broker for a variety of operating systems, licensed through the Eclipse Public License.
  https://mosquitto.org

• emqtt

  Another free message broker, written in Erlang.
  https://emqtt.io

• IBM WebsphereMQ

  The messaging platform from IBM.
  http://www.ibm.com/software/products/de/websphere-mq

• HiveMQ

  The German software maker dc² offers HiveMQ, a scaling MQTT solution for companies.
  https://www.hivemq.com/

Clouds

• Bosch IoT Cloud

  A reliable cloud with the captured data stored in Germany.
  https://www.bosch-si.com/de/produkte/bosch-iot-suite/iot-cloud/bosch-iot-cloud-2.html

• IBM BlueMix

  The cloud from IBM - free for up to 20 connected devices.
  http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/internet-of-things/de-de

• Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

  The IoT cloud from Microsoft also supports MQTT.
  https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/services/iot-hub

• CloudMQTT

  Scaling cloud solution, free for up to 10 devices.
  https://www.cloudmqtt.com