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OpenMQTTGateway vs Quay
A side-by-side editorial comparison of OpenMQTTGateway and Quay — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
OpenMQTTGateway vs Quay: at a glance
What is OpenMQTTGateway?
OpenMQTTGateway returns after 22 months with a security-first 1.9.0.
OpenMQTTGateway shipped v1.9.0 on November 7, its first release since January 2025. It moves to the Arduino ESP32 core 3.x, ships Theengs Decoder 2.5.0 with a fix for a BLE advertisement parsing flaw affecting every earlier release, and hardens buffer handling across MQTT, HTTP, BLE and RF input. Upgrade notes warn that some Home Assistant unique_ids change and that encrypted BLE devices are skipped until a key is set.
What is Quay?
Quay keeps both enterprise branches on a monthly CVE-patch metronome — and nothing else.
All ten releases in this window are security maintenance: dependency bumps for CVEs, SSRF hardening in mirroring and proxy cache, and a robot-token visibility fix for readonly superusers. The October pair (3.12.23 and 3.10.27) patches the same four CVEs — immutable, qs, lxml, WebOb — plus a compression bump. Neither line has shipped a user-facing feature in four months.
OpenMQTTGateway vs Quay: editorial side-by-side
OpenMQTTGateway
2.5INFRA · APIS
OpenMQTTGateway returns after 22 months with a security-first 1.9.0.
◆ Current state
OpenMQTTGateway shipped v1.9.0 on November 7, its first release since January 2025. It moves to the Arduino ESP32 core 3.x, ships Theengs Decoder 2.5.0 with a fix for a BLE advertisement parsing flaw affecting every earlier release, and hardens buffer handling across MQTT, HTTP, BLE and RF input. Upgrade notes warn that some Home Assistant unique_ids change and that encrypted BLE devices are skipped until a key is set.
◆ Where it's heading
Earlier releases made the gateway independent of controllers and external brokers. The return release is about safety and a modern ESP32 base rather than new features, which suggests the project is resetting its foundation before resuming feature work.
◆ Prediction
Expect the promised security advisory for the Theengs Decoder flaw and 1.9.x fixes for the Home Assistant entity changes; whether regular cadence resumes is not yet clear from the entries.
Quay
5.0INFRA · APIS
Quay keeps both enterprise branches on a monthly CVE-patch metronome — and nothing else.
◆ Current state
All ten releases in this window are security maintenance: dependency bumps for CVEs, SSRF hardening in mirroring and proxy cache, and a robot-token visibility fix for readonly superusers. The October pair (3.12.23 and 3.10.27) patches the same four CVEs — immutable, qs, lxml, WebOb — plus a compression bump. Neither line has shipped a user-facing feature in four months.
◆ Where it's heading
The 3.10 and 3.12 lines move in lockstep, typically within hours to days of each other, on a roughly monthly cadence. New Containerfile.art files for ART/Konflux builds point to packaging work on Red Hat's build pipeline rather than product changes. Feature work, if any, is not surfacing in these maintenance branches.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next 3.12.x/3.10.x pair in roughly a month with another batch of CVE bumps. The entries give no signal of when or whether new capabilities will land on these lines.
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Recent activity from OpenMQTTGateway and Quay
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoOpenMQTTGatewayOpenMQTTGateway v1.9.0
- 1mo agoQuayQuay 3.12.23 patches four CVEs and adds ART build file
- 1mo agoQuayQuay 3.10.27 backports October CVE fixes to LTS
- 1mo agoQuayQuay 3.12.22: security patches, robot token exposure fix
- 2mo agoQuayQuay 3.10.26: security patches, robot token exposure fix
- 3mo agoQuayQuay 3.12.21: SSRF blocked in mirroring, CVEs patched
- 3mo agoQuayQuay 3.10.25: SSRF blocked in mirroring, CVEs patched
- 1y agoOpenMQTTGatewayAdaptive scanning restart bug fixed
- 1y agoOpenMQTTGatewayAn MQTT broker moves inside the gateway ⚡
- 2y agoOpenMQTTGatewayTheengs Bridge hardware and Ethernet onboarding
- 3y agoOpenMQTTGatewayWeb interface removes the controller dependency
- 3y agoOpenMQTTGatewayWorkaround for stuck BLE scans
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between OpenMQTTGateway and Quay?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Quay is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is OpenMQTTGateway better than Quay?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Quay is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to OpenMQTTGateway?
Top OpenMQTTGateway alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenMQTTGateway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openmqttgateway for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Quay?
Top Quay alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Quay alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/quay for the full list with editorial commentary on each.