EMQX license, foundation and stars
Streaming · Business Source License 1.1 (source-available) · backed by EMQ Technologies · 16,898 stars
The most scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT and connected vehicles
License history
LICENSE fileApache License 2.0 by default plus Business Source License 1.1 for enterprise directories to Business Source License 1.1
EMQX 5.9 merged the open source and enterprise editions under BSL 1.1; earlier only enterprise folders were BSL.
Latest release
6.3.1 published Sep 18, 2026
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| Project | Stars | |||
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| Apache 2.0 | 34.1k | +55 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 26.5k | +14 | - | |
| MIT | 25.8k | -1 | v1.3.0Dec 27, 2023 | |
| Apache 2.0 | 22.7k | +5 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 21k | +37 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 15.4k | +3 | - | |
| Custom or mixed (see the LICENSE file) | 14k | +13 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 13.3k | +26 | - |
About and history
- Repository
- emqx/emqx · created Dec 17, 2012
- Website
- emqx.com
- Language
- Erlang
- Foundation
- None; run by EMQ Technologies
- Company
- EMQ Technologies · on Companies · on Paydays · on socials
- GitHub detects
- NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
- Stars per week
- 20 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2026 | 16,898 | |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 16,872 | |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 16,850 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 16,792 | |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 16,764 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 16,755 |