emqx (deprecated)

Disable date: 2026-11-30

Install command:
brew install emqx

MQTT broker for IoT

https://www.emqx.io/

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/emqx.json

Formula code: emqx.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 5.8.8

Depends on:

openssl@3 3.6.4 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
automake 1.18.1 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
cmake 4.4.3 Cross-platform make
coreutils 9.11 GNU File, Shell, and Text utilities
erlang@26 26.2.5.21 Programming language for highly scalable real-time systems
freetds 1.5.19 Libraries to talk to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases
libtool 2.6.2 Generic library support script

Uses from macOS: curl (build), unzip (build), zip (build), cyrus-sasl, krb5, ncurses

Conflicts with: cassandra (because both install `nodetool` binaries)

Binaries: emqx, emqx-5.8.8, emqx_cluster_rescue, emqx_ctl, emqx_ctl-5.8.8, emqx_fw, install_upgrade.escript, install_upgrade.escript-5.8.8, no_dot_erlang.boot, node_dump, nodetool, nodetool-5.8.8

Service:

Start now and at login: brew services start emqx
Run directly: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/emqx/bin/emqx foreground

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