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aws-c-mqtt

brew install aws-c-mqtt v0.16.0 Apache-2.0

C99 shared library implementing MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5 specifications for publish-subscribe messaging.

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Build dependency for AWS SDK and IoT applications needing efficient MQTT client support in C. Part of the AWS C SDK ecosystem with tight integration to aws-c-http and aws-c-io for async networking and connection handling.

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