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Alerter vs SnoreToast: catalog facts
Alerter	SnoreToast
Best for: Mac users who want scripts to show alerts and read the response	Best for: Scripts and tools that need to show a native Windows notification
Free Free to download; the source is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL.
macOS, Command line	Windows, Command line
Sends native macOS notifications from the command line Waits for the user's response and prints it for scripts to use All 3 strengths for Alerter Sends native macOS notifications from the command line Waits for the user's response and prints it for scripts to use Small Swift tool that is easy to call from shell scripts	Native Windows toast notifications from the command line Easy to call from scripts and other programs All 3 strengths for SnoreToast Native Windows toast notifications from the command line Easy to call from scripts and other programs Maintained by the KDE community with tagged releases
macOS only Command-line only, with no graphical settings All 3 limitations for Alerter macOS only Command-line only, with no graphical settings Licence terms not confirmed in the research	Windows only No graphical interface; meant for scripting and integration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Alerter github.com/vjeantet/alerter Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SnoreToast invent.kde.org/libraries/snoretoast Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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