Mosquitto broker
home-assistant/addons
7.1.1
Mosquitto broker enables devices to publish and subscribe to messages using the MQTT protocol for home automation.
Facts about this add-on
- Security rating
- 6 / 8
- Ingress
- no
- Maintenance
- regular – a few times a year (8 changes/year)
- Version
7.1.1- Last change
- September 10, 2026
- Repository
- home-assistant/addons
- Project
- github.com
- Architectures
- aarch64, amd64
- Ports
- 1883/tcp -> 1883, 1884/tcp -> 1884, 8883/tcp -> 8883, 8884/tcp -> 8884
How this rating comes about
Home Assistant calculates the rating itself: every add-on starts at 5, and each right it asks for or gives up moves the number. The same calculation runs here, on the configuration the add-on ships.
| Starting value of every add-on | 5 |
|---|---|
| Uses the Home Assistant login | +1 |
| Result | 6 / 8 |
A high number does not mean the add-on is good, and a low one does not mean it is dangerous – a backup add-on has to reach far into the system to do its job. The number says how much it is allowed to do, and the list above says what exactly.
Installation
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store, and add the repository https://github.com/home-assistant/addons through the three-dot menu.
- Reload the store and open Mosquitto broker.
- Install the add-on and wait for the first start.
- Open the interface on the port of your instance (1883/tcp -> 1883, 1884/tcp -> 1884, 8883/tcp -> 8883, 8884/tcp -> 8884).
Add repository to my Home Assistant Open the add-on directly
Both links go through my.home-assistant.io and open the store of your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Home Assistant integration
- MQTT – The add-on announces itself, and this integration then sets itself up