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Awake on LAN vs wakeonlan: catalog facts
Awake on LAN	wakeonlan
Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3 or later.	Free Free and open source under the Perl Artistic licence.
Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Saved list of machines with their MAC addresses Simple native GNOME interface	Small and simple to script Only needs Perl to run
Only sends wake packets; target machines must have Wake-on-LAN enabled Small project with few contributors	Command-line only Documentation is sparse
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: Artistic-1.0-Perl
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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