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miniWOL vs wakeonlan: catalog facts
miniWOL	wakeonlan
Free Free to download.	Free Free and open source under the Perl Artistic licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Builds for Windows, macOS and Linux Native Apple Silicon build	Small and simple to script Only needs Perl to run
Only sends wake packets; it does not shut devices down Target devices must have Wake on LAN enabled	Command-line only Documentation is sparse
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Artistic-1.0-Perl
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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