Decision Workspace
GatoMQTT vs tinymqtt vs zerodds-mqtt-bridge
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
GatoMQTT
experimentalv0.2.0
no_std, no_alloc MQTT 3.1.1 broker library for embedded Rust. Bounded session registry, retained messages, QoS 1, transport-agnostic (plain TCP or TLS via TlsSession trait).
40
tinymqtt
growingv0.1.3
A very tiny no-std MQTT client, mainly for embedded systems
58
zerodds-mqtt-bridge
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.5
MQTT v5.0 (OASIS Standard) Wire-Codec + Broker + Topic-Filter + Keep-Alive + DDS-Bridge — no_std + alloc.
Core Metrics
| GatoMQTT | tinymqtt | zerodds-mqtt-bridge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 40 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 30 | 3.4K | 139 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 70d ago | 769d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2y 1m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
GatoMQTT
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
tinymqtt
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
zerodds-mqtt-bridge
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| GatoMQTT | tinymqtt | zerodds-mqtt-bridge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.3 | 1.0.0-rc.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 61KB | 6KB | 84KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zerodds-mqtt-bridge leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tinymqtt has the most downloads (3.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tinymqtt has not been updated in over a year.
- •GatoMQTT, tinymqtt are pre-1.0 — API may change.