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Comparison · Infra & APIs
OpenMQTTGateway vs Skipper
A side-by-side editorial comparison of OpenMQTTGateway and Skipper — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
OpenMQTTGateway vs Skipper: 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 Skipper?
Skipper adds an opt-in shared OpenID discovery cache so routing survives issuer outages.
Skipper, Zalando's HTTP router and Kubernetes ingress, tagged eight releases from November 3 to 6. v0.28.68 closed an httpoxy-class flaw in FastCGI and v0.28.64 fixed closed bodies in shared cache fetches. v0.28.70 adds an opt-in process-wide OpenID discovery cache for JWT validation and token introspection filters, so warm route rebuilds no longer need the issuer to be reachable, and v0.28.71 adds application-based proxy logs via the annotate filter.
OpenMQTTGateway vs Skipper: 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.
Skipper
5.0INFRA · APIS
Skipper adds an opt-in shared OpenID discovery cache so routing survives issuer outages.
◆ Current state
Skipper, Zalando's HTTP router and Kubernetes ingress, tagged eight releases from November 3 to 6. v0.28.68 closed an httpoxy-class flaw in FastCGI and v0.28.64 fixed closed bodies in shared cache fetches. v0.28.70 adds an opt-in process-wide OpenID discovery cache for JWT validation and token introspection filters, so warm route rebuilds no longer need the issuer to be reachable, and v0.28.71 adds application-based proxy logs via the annotate filter.
◆ Where it's heading
The week's work hardens Skipper's role as an auth-aware edge: caching, auth filter resilience and security fixes land in quick tags. Changes are operator-facing and mostly opt-in.
◆ Prediction
Expect more filter-level resilience and observability tags on the same near-daily cadence.
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Kestra
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Recent activity from OpenMQTTGateway and Skipper
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoOpenMQTTGatewayOpenMQTTGateway v1.9.0
- 3d agoSkipperv0.28.71: per-application proxy logs via annotate
- 3d agoSkipperv0.28.70: shared OpenID discovery cache for auth filters
- 4d agoSkipperv0.28.69: code commenting guidelines in AGENTS.md
- 5d agoSkipperv0.28.66: reload OAuth client secret on token exchange
- 5d agoSkipperv0.28.68: stop passing client Proxy header to FastCGI (httpoxy)
- 5d agoSkipperv0.28.67: RouteGroup errors name namespace and resource
- 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 Skipper?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Skipper 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 Skipper?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Skipper 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 Skipper?
Top Skipper alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Skipper alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/skipper for the full list with editorial commentary on each.