diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.json b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92dac19e6b7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{
+  "name": "mqttx-cli",
+  "version": "1.10.1",
+  "description": "MQTTX Command Line Tools",
+  "keywords": [
+    "mqtt",
+    "publish/subscribe",
+    "publish",
+    "subscribe"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "tsc -w",
+    "build": "tsc"
+  },
+  "main": "./dist/src/index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "mqttx": "./bin/index.js"
+  },
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@inquirer/prompts": "^5.0.3",
+    "axios": "^0.27.2",
+    "cbor": "^9.0.1",
+    "chalk": "~4.1.2",
+    "cli-table3": "^0.6.3",
+    "commander": "^9.3.0",
+    "compare-versions": "^5.0.1",
+    "concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
+    "core-js": "^3.26.0",
+    "ini": "^4.1.2",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+    "json-bigint": "^1.0.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+    "mqtt": "^4.3.7",
+    "ora": "^5.4.1",
+    "protobufjs": "^7.2.3",
+    "pump": "^3.0.0",
+    "readable-stream": "^3.6.0",
+    "signale": "^1.4.0",
+    "split2": "^4.1.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@faker-js/faker": "^8.1.0",
+    "@types/concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
+    "@types/debug": "^4.1.12",
+    "@types/ini": "^4.1.0",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.5",
+    "@types/json-bigint": "^1.0.4",
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.17.1",
+    "@types/node": "^17.0.43",
+    "@types/pump": "^1.1.1",
+    "@types/readable-stream": "^2.3.13",
+    "@types/signale": "^1.4.4",
+    "@types/split2": "^3.2.1",
+    "@types/ws": "^8.5.3",
+    "typescript": "^4.7.3"
+  },
+  "pkg": {
+    "targets": [
+      "node18-linux-x64",
+      "node18-macos-x64",
+      "node18-win-x64",
+      "node18-alpine-x64",
+      "node18-linux-arm64",
+      "node18-macos-arm64",
+      "node18-win-arm64",
+      "node18-alpine-arm64"
+    ],
+    "outputPath": "release",
+    "scripts": [
+      "dist/src/scenarios/**/*"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f2e16e37f19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  mkYarnPackage,
+  fetchYarnDeps,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  testers,
+  mqttx-cli,
+}:
+
+mkYarnPackage rec {
+  pname = "mqttx-cli";
+  version = "1.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "emqx";
+    repo = "MQTTX";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ge6NpehP/4fEUZMqpDB494ut4OfOEpTZOvQMAX9dB/E=";
+  };
+
+  packageJSON = ./package.json;
+  yarnLock = "${src}/cli/yarn.lock";
+
+  offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
+    yarnLock = "${src}/cli/yarn.lock";
+    hash = "sha256-WfMKuMCetbrmja5jq3VvEaD7/Z6Nj+/BY7qZiiR8U6g=";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd cli
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    yarn --offline build
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # remove some devDependencies which are using up storage
+    rm -r $out/libexec/mqttx-cli/node_modules/{typescript,@types}
+    # rename binary so it does not conflict with the desktop app
+    mv $out/bin/mqttx $out/bin/mqttx-cli
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = mqttx-cli; };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MQTTX Command Line Tools";
+    homepage = "https://mqttx.app/";
+    changelog = "https://mqttx.app/changelogs/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pineapplehunter ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    mainProgram = "mqttx-cli";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..d1163f78a2db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqttx-cli/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash --pure -p cacert curl gnused jq nix-prefetch-github prefetch-yarn-deps nix git
+
+set -ex
+
+pname=mqttx-cli
+owner=emqx
+repo=MQTTX
+dirname=$(dirname "$0")
+
+evalProp()
+{
+    prop=$1
+    (cd "$dirname" && nix eval --raw -f ../../../.. "$pname.$prop")
+}
+
+updateSrcHash()
+{
+    version=$1
+    prevHash=$(evalProp src.outputHash)
+    hash=$(nix-prefetch-github --rev "v$version" $owner $repo | jq '.hash' -r)
+    sed -i "s|$prevHash|$hash|g" "$dirname/package.nix"
+}
+
+updateVersion()
+{
+    prevVersion=$(evalProp version)
+    sed -i "s|$prevVersion|$1|g" "$dirname/package.nix"
+}
+
+updatePackageJson()
+{
+    version=$1
+    url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$owner/$repo/v$version/cli/package.json"
+    curl "$url" -L -o "$dirname/package.json"
+}
+
+updateYarnHash()
+{
+    version=$1
+    url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$owner/$repo/v$version/cli/yarn.lock"
+    prevHash=$(evalProp offlineCache.outputHash)
+    hash32=$(prefetch-yarn-deps <(curl -L "$url"))
+    hash=$(nix-hash --to-base64 --type sha256 --sri "$hash32")
+    sed -i "s|$prevHash|$hash|g" "$dirname/package.nix"
+}
+
+currentVersion=$(evalProp version)
+
+latestTag=$(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/releases/latest" | jq -r ".tag_name")
+latestVersion="$(expr "$latestTag" : 'v\(.*\)')"
+
+if [[ "$currentVersion" == "$latestVersion" ]]; then
+    echo "$repo is up-to-date: ${currentVersion}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+updateVersion "$latestVersion"
+updateSrcHash "$latestVersion"
+updatePackageJson "$latestVersion"
+updateYarnHash "$latestVersion"