Installing MQTT Explorer

[Member T620user]

I run a small, self-hosted MQTT broker (mosquitto), and one of the biggest problems is finding a nice GUI client. I recently found a nice cross-platform client, MQTT Explorer which, although it’s an Electron app seems to work well on antiX. On Linux I found it easiest to download the Appimage and copy it to /opt/MQTTexplorer (you can put it anywhere), make it executable and run it.

I created a .desktop file to run it. Edit: I used a convenient icon as it doesn’t seem to have its own icon.

/usr/share/applications/mqttexplorer.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=MQTTexplorer
GenericName=MQTT Explorer
Comment=MQTT Explorer
Exec=/opt/MQTTexplorer/MQTT-Explorer-0.4.0-beta1.AppImage %f
TryExec=MQTT-Explorer-0.4.0-beta1.AppImage
Icon=mupdf
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Internet;
NoDisplay=true

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Suggestion:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=MQTT Explorer
Name[pt_BR]=Cliente de Mensagens e Comandos MQTT Explorer
GenericName=MQTT Explorer
GenericName[pt_BR]=Ferramenta para integrar serviços e dispositivos IoT
Comment=MQTT Explorer
Comment[pt_BR]=O MQTT é um protocolo de comunicação do tipo máquina para máquina – M2M que permite o envio de mensagens e comandos entre os dispositivos por meio do TCP/IP com foco na Internet das Coisas – IoT
Exec=/opt/MQTTexplorer/MQTT-Explorer-0.4.0-beta1.AppImage %f
TryExec=MQTT-Explorer-0.4.0-beta1.AppImage
Icon=mupdf
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Internet;
NoDisplay=true

Thank you so much.

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Nice! Thanks for sharing the code. I also use the MQTT Explorer as MQTT GUI. Thanks again for the info!
Since we are sharing tips, I would also like to share valuable info about MQTT. Recently, I came across this blog post (click here) that also explains in detail how to establish a safe MQTT connection. Moreover, the whole Cedalo website and forum are dedicated to this protocol. Reviewing their documentation and blog posts might help a lot in your work.
They also have a nice Cebalo forum where people share valuable information and can help you with almost any issue about MQTT.

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