Alternatives to MQTTX
A desktop, web and command-line MQTT client for testing brokers, topics and messages. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MQTTX
A desktop, web and command-line MQTT client for testing brokers, topics and messages.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MQTTX.
Hoppscotch
A fast API client that runs in a browser tab, with a self-hostable workspace if you want one.
Hoppscotch is an open-source MIT browser and desktop API client that includes MQTT among many protocols, but lacks MQTTX's built-in benchmarks and IoT data simulation.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Packet Sender
A utility for sending and receiving TCP, UDP, SSL and DTLS packets to test network services.
websocat
A command-line WebSocket client and server, like netcat or curl for ws:// with socat-style features.
WebSocket King
A web-based client for connecting to, testing and debugging WebSocket servers.
Firecamp
An open-source API client for testing REST, GraphQL, WebSocket and Socket.IO requests in the browser.
