Fragmented Infrastructure
Traffic, lighting, waste, and energy systems run on separate platforms with no unified visibility, creating blind spots and duplicated efforts.
Solution pack / Magistrala
Smart City
Transform disconnected urban infrastructure into a unified, data-driven command center. The Smart City Solution Pack gives municipalities real-time visibility across traffic systems, street lighting, waste management, and public energy grids.
Why Magistrala
Magistrala's open-source core provides the multi-protocol connectivity, per-device credential management, and rule-engine foundation that large-scale urban deployments demand. Its built-in multi-tenancy lets each city department manage their own data view, while open APIs ensure you're never locked into a proprietary ecosystem.
Explore the platformPlatform dashboards
See it in action.
Purpose-built dashboards for every layer of your smart city deployment.
The challenge
Cities are drowning in disconnected data
Urban infrastructure generates enormous amounts of data, but fragmented systems mean operators can't act on it fast enough.
Slow Incident Response
Without real-time alerts, incidents like traffic accidents or infrastructure failures are discovered hours or days after the fact.
Escalating Operating Costs
Manual monitoring, fixed-schedule maintenance, and energy waste drive costs up with no data-driven path to reduce them.
How it works
From device
to insight.
From distributed sensors to a unified operations center, in one platform.
- 01
Connect
Traffic cameras, smart meters, environmental sensors, and lighting nodes connect over MQTT or HTTP using pre-configured client credentials.
- 02
Stream
Telemetry flows into dedicated channels organized by infrastructure type (traffic, energy, waste, safety) with automatic normalization.
- 03
Analyze
The rules engine evaluates incoming data in real time, triggering alerts for congestion, energy spikes, overflowing bins, or public safety incidents.
- 04
Act
Operators receive alarms in the dashboard, automated notifications are dispatched, and downstream actuators can be triggered via outbound channels.
Applications
Key Applications
What cities are running on this pack today
Adaptive Traffic Management
Real-time congestion monitoring with automated signal timing adjustments and incident alerts to reduce commute times.
Smart Street Lighting
Occupancy-based dimming schedules slash energy use. Faulty luminaires trigger maintenance tickets automatically.
Intelligent Waste Collection
Fill-level sensors route collection vehicles only to full bins, cutting collection kilometres by up to 40%.
Public Safety Monitoring
Environmental anomaly detection and infrastructure integrity alerts improve response times across city zones.
Benefits
What you get
out of the box.
- Reduce operational costs by up to 35% through optimized scheduling and predictive maintenance
- Cut incident response time from hours to minutes with real-time alerting
- Single pane of glass for all urban infrastructure; no more siloed dashboards
- Built-in multi-tenancy lets each city department manage their own view
- Open source core means no vendor lock-in; extend as your needs grow
- Enterprise-grade security with per-device credentials and role-based access control
FAQ
Common questions.
Can Magistrala integrate with existing city management software?
Yes. Magistrala exposes REST and WebSocket APIs that integrate with GIS platforms, ERP systems, and city dashboards such as Esri ArcGIS and SAP. Webhook sinks push events directly to existing ticketing and dispatch systems.
How do you handle multi-tenancy across city departments?
Magistrala uses domain-level isolation backed by SpiceDB policies. Each department operates in its own domain with its own device groups, channels, and user roles. Cross-domain data sharing is configured explicitly through policy grants.
What happens if connectivity to the central platform is lost?
Edge gateway nodes buffer messages locally during connectivity gaps and replay them in order once the link is restored. Time-series data arrives with original device timestamps.
How quickly can the Smart City pack be deployed?
The pre-configured pack installs on Magistrala Cloud in minutes; clients, channels, rules, dashboards, and alarms are all included. Custom device types and additional integrations can be added incrementally.
Your next step
Ready to deploy
Smart City?
Start free on Magistrala Cloud, or contact us to scope a custom deployment for your organisation.
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