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-# *EMQ X* - MQTT Broker
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+# EMQ X Broker
 
 *EMQ X* broker is a fully open source, highly scalable, highly available distributed MQTT messaging broker for IoT, M2M and Mobile applications that can handle tens of millions of concurrent clients.