# MQTT Hub/Gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/mqtt-hub-gateway/6766 "2019-01-14T18:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![HarriedeGroot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/harriedegroot/32/56160_2.png) [@HarriedeGroot](https://community.homey.app/u/HarriedeGroot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/mqtt-hub-gateway/6766/1 "2019-01-14T18:59:50Z")
The main problems I’m facing with Homey are: 1. There is no ‘customizable dashboard’ (yet). 2. I’d like to create some more advanced flows (with PID controllers, multiple in- & outputs, share (sub-)flows, inject script, etc.), without losing the overview (all in one screen). 3. The ease of integrating Homey with other systems, besides installing or writing a custom app. My way of trying to address these problems (all 3 at once) is the creation of a [MQTT Gateway](https://github.com/harriedegroot/nl.hdg.mqtt) **app**. Now 2-way communication with Homey becomes available, using the industry standard for IoT messaging: MQTT. This protocol is already implemented by most of the other Home Automation systems. The first release of the MQTT gateway app (Homey 1.5 & 2.0 support) is already submitted to the app store and currently in review by Athom. NOTE: It’s still experimental! Personally I’m using the MQTT protocol to communicate with [Node RED](https://nodered.org/)and I’m creating a dashboard with [Node RED Dashboard](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-dashboard). What are your thoughts? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/mqtt-hub-gateway/6766)._