--- layout: post title: "Choosing a self-hosted MQTT broker" date: 2025-01-03 18:40:00 +0200 comments: true categories: --- # HiveMQ :thumbsup: readily available official Docker images :thumbsdown: * community license is limited to 25 connected clients * requires an extension for authentication and authorization * community edition only has static, file-based authentication and authorization # Mosquitto :thumbsup: * no limitations on community edition * offers dynamic authentication and authorization :thumbsdown: * authentication and authorizt * no built-in web dashboard (it's a separate package, Cedalo management center) * Cedalo MC official images no longer updated on Docker Hub # EMQX :thumbsup: * Just Works :tm: * official Docker images readily available * built-in (Mnesia) database * built-in web dashboard * built-in dynamic authentication with multiple backends