Open Source Alternatives to AWS IoT Core

A managed cloud platform that connects devices to the cloud and routes messages to other AWS services and devices. It provides a native MQTT broker supporting persistent connections and handles millions of devices and topics simultaneously. The platform supports communication protocols including MQTT, HTTPS, MQTT over WSS, and LoRaWAN. It includes features for mutual authentication, end-to-end encryption, and a rules engine to filter and transform device data on the fly. The service is used for industrial operations monitoring, consumer product connectivity, automotive data innovation, and public safety applications. It is deployed as a fully managed service without the need to provision or manage servers.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to AWS IoT Core give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 3 open source alternatives to AWS IoT Core. The most popular are ThingsBoard, ejabberd and OpenRemote. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or Apache-2.0 license, and 3 offer an official Docker image.