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wakeonlan vs Awake on LAN: catalog facts
wakeonlan	Awake on LAN
Free Free and open source under the Perl Artistic licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3 or later.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Small and simple to script Only needs Perl to run	Saved list of machines with their MAC addresses Simple native GNOME interface
Command-line only Documentation is sparse	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: Artistic-1.0-Perl	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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