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title: "Choosing a self-hosted MQTT broker"
date: 2025-01-03 18:40:00 +0200
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# 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* Cedalo MC official images no longer updated on Docker Hub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