# What is MQTT (IoT, smart homes) --- an explanation under 120 lines or 1100 words

DevFeed: [What is MQTT (IoT, smart homes) --- an explanation under 120 lines or 1100 words](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-mqtt-iot-smart-homes-an-explanation-under-120-lines-or-1100-words-20572.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://yurichev.com/blog/mqtt/>)

Published: 2025-12-10T23:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dennis Yurichev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dennis-yurichev.md>)

Topics: [MQTT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mqtt.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [IRC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/irc.md>)

Tags: [homes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homes.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [irc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irc.md>), [mqtt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mqtt.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [smart](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart.md>)

## AI overview

An introductory article about MQTT in the context of IoT and smart homes. The supplied text begins by tracing the history of networked chat from multiplayer text games to IRC, Discord, and related messaging systems, but it does not include a substantive explanation of MQTT mechanics in the available excerpt.

## Source excerpt

What is MQTT (IoT, smart homes) --- an explanation under 120 lines or 1100 words