---
name: "mqtt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "node-mqtt"
version: "4.3.7-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mqtt"
---

# mqtt(1)

program to publish or subscribe MQTT messages

## NAME

mqtt - program to publish or subscribe MQTT messages

## SYNOPSIS

**mqtt** *command*

**mqtt** help *command*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **mqtt** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**mqtt** is a program that publish MQTT topic/messages or subscribe a topic

## OPTIONS

The program runs by assigning a command. List as following:

**publish** *opts* *topic* *message*

Publish mqtt message

**subscribe** *opts* *topic*

Subscribe mqtt by topic

**help** *command*

Show summary of options.

**version**

Show version of program.

## BUGS

The upstreams BTS can be found at **https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/issues**.

## AUTHOR

**Ying-Chun Liu** \<paulliu@debian.org\>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)\

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted under the terms of Expat license.

On Debian systems, the complete text of Expat license can be found in /usr/share/doc/node-mqtt/copyright.