Command-line tool

mosquitto

brew/mosquitto

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Message broker implementing the MQTT protocol iot mqtt internet-of-things

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id EclipseFoundation.Mosquitto -e
scoop install mosquitto

macOS

brew install mosquitto

Linux

brew install mosquitto

Start Mosquitto

mosquitto

Specify a configuration file to use

mosquitto -c path/to/file.conf

Listen on a specific port

mosquitto -p 8883

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