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SnoreToast vs Alerter: catalog facts
SnoreToast	Alerter

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

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