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Turn On vs Awake on LAN: catalog facts
Turn On	Awake on LAN
Free Free and open source under the EUPL-1.2 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3 or later.
Linux	Linux
Simple Wake-on-LAN from the desktop GNOME search integration	Saved list of machines with their MAC addresses Simple native GNOME interface
Linux and GNOME focused Devices must support and have Wake-on-LAN enabled	Only sends wake packets; target machines must have Wake-on-LAN enabled Small project with few contributors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: EUPL-1.2	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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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