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KnockKnock vs Autoruns: catalog facts
KnockKnock	Autoruns
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
macOS	Windows, Command line
It enumerates login items, launch agents and daemons, kernel extensions and browser extensions in one pass, and…	Very broad coverage of auto-start locations Includes the Autorunsc command-line version
It reports persistence points rather than judging them, so interpreting the list takes some knowledge of macOS…	Windows only Disabling the wrong entry can break system components
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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