mqtt-exporter
Simple generic MQTT Prometheus exporter for IoT working out of the box
Platform availability
Available on 1 of 6 install platforms
- Unraid
- TrueNAS (not listed)
- Umbrel (not listed)
- ZimaOS (not listed)
- Proxmox (not listed)
- Helm (not listed)
Also on Docker Hub and GitHub
Health score
47/100 Fair
- Maintained
- 63last commit 147 days ago
- Popular
- 44166 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 201 install platform, Docker image
- Light to run
- No data
Based on 3 of 4 factors.
How is this calculated?
A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 6 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 166
- Open issues
- 2
- Last commit
- 2026-05-11
- Latest release
- v1.11.2
- License
- MIT
- Activity
- stale
Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (kpetremann/mqtt-exporter)
Resources & Compatibility
ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
No first-install notes yet.
Variants
Alternatives (2)
- Amazon Simple Queue Service - Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fast, reliable, scalable & affordable message queuing service.
- RabbitMQ - RabbitMQ is open source message broker software (sometimes called message-oriented middleware) that implements the Advanced Message Queuing…
Checked 4 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
How do I point the exporter at an MQTT broker that is not on localhost?
You specify the MQTT target if the broker is not on localhost.
Do I need to configure metric parsing for basic MQTT messages?
It exposes metrics from MQTT messages out of the box.
What MQTT broker and sensor setup is tested?
It is tested with Mosquitto MQTT and Xiaomi sensors.
Can it be installed from Docker Hub or Unraid?
It is installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.
Answers sourced from github.com, ourlocalhost.com
Community
- [MQTT Exporter] Device removed continues to send messages to client (other)
- MQTT : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- HiveMQ Support Forum - Get support with HiveMQ Open Source projects ... (other)
Collected yesterday - public community threads