# Maker edition with MQTT and Home Assistant

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/113609>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/113609 "2026-01-28T19:47:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigdaddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bigdaddy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bigdaddy)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/113609/1 "2026-01-28T19:47:58Z")

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I installed the maker edition of ignition with the intent of using it with my mqtt and zigbee2mqtt devices in HomeAssistant. When tried to install the MQTT engine it said it wasn’t available for the maker version. This seems like an issue that folks are not having but I don’t know where I am going wrong. I would appreciate any advice.

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/113609/2 "2026-01-28T21:20:30Z")

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This may be related to the following [8.3 bug when using Docker](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/ignition-8-3-maker-edition-mqtt-modules/812/6) related to the `GATEWAY_MODULES_ENABLED` environment variable.  
If that doesn't fix it or you're not using Docker, I recommend reaching out to Inductive Support as from all I've seen, the MQTT modules should be available for Maker.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/113609/3 "2026-01-31T00:24:49Z")

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Also make sure you're using the MQTT module that's compatible with 8.3 because if you try to load an 8.1 module you'll get the same or very similar message.