Mainflux is modern, scalable, secure, open-source, and patent-free IoT cloud platform written in Go.
It accepts user and thing (sensor, actuator, application) connections over various network protocols (i.e. HTTP, MQTT, WebSocket, CoAP), thus making a seamless bridge between them. It is used as the IoT middleware for building complex IoT solutions.
For more details, check out the official documentation.
Mainflux is member of the Linux Foundation and an active contributor to the EdgeX Foundry project. It has been made with ❤️ by Mainflux Labs, which maintains the project and offers professional services around it.
- Multi-protocol connectivity and bridging (HTTP, MQTT, WebSocket and CoAP)
- Device management and provisioning (Zero Touch provisioning)
- Mutual TLS Authentication (mTLS) using X.509 Certificates
- Fine-grained access control (policies, ABAC/RBAC)
- Message persistence (Cassandra, InfluxDB, MongoDB and PostgresSQL)
- Platform logging and instrumentation support (Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTracing)
- Event sourcing
- Container-based deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
- LoRaWAN network integration
- OPC UA integration
- Edge Agent and Export services for remote IoT gateway management and edge computing
- SDK
- CLI
- Small memory footprint and fast execution
- Domain-driven design architecture, high-quality code and test coverage
The following are needed to run Mainflux:
- Docker (version 20.10)
- Docker compose (version 1.28)
Developing Mainflux will also require:
Once the prerequisites are installed, execute the following commands from the project's root:
docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml upThis will bring up the Mainflux docker services and interconnect them. This command can also be executed using the project's included Makefile:
make runIf you want to run services from specific release checkout code from github and make sure that
MF_RELEASE_TAG in .env is being set to match the release version
git checkout tags/<release_number> -b <release_number>
# e.g. `git checkout tags/0.12.0 -b 0.12.0`Check that .env file contains:
MF_RELEASE_TAG=<release_number>
docker-composeshould be used for development and testing deployments. For production we suggest using Kubernetes.
The quickest way to start using Mainflux is via the CLI. The latest version can be downloaded from the official releases page.
It can also be built and used from the project's root directory:
make cli
./build/mainflux-cli versionAdditional details on using the CLI can be found in the CLI documentation.
Official documentation is hosted at Mainflux Read The Docs page. Documentation is auto-generated, checkout the instructions on official docs repository:
If you spot an error or a need for corrections, please let us know - or even better: send us a PR.
Additional practical information, news and tutorials can be found on the Mainflux blog.
Main architect and BDFL of Mainflux project is @drasko.
Additionally, @nmarcetic and @janko-isidorovic assured overall architecture and design, while @manuio and @darkodraskovic helped with crafting initial implementation and continuously worked on the project evolutions.
Besides them, Mainflux is constantly improved and actively developed by @anovakovic01, @dusanb94, @srados, @gsaleh, @blokovi, @chombium, @mteodor and a large set of contributors.
Maintainers are listed in MAINTAINERS file.
The Mainflux team would like to give special thanks to @mijicd for his monumental work on designing and implementing a highly improved and optimized version of the platform, and @malidukica for his effort on implementing the initial user interface.
Thank you for your interest in Mainflux and the desire to contribute!
- Take a look at our open issues. The good-first-issue label is specifically for issues that are great for getting started.
- Checkout the contribution guide to learn more about our style and conventions.
- Make your changes compatible to our workflow.
If you are interested in working professionally on Mainflux, please head to company's careers page or shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].
The best way to grab our attention is by sending PRs 😎.
