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wakeonlan vs OpenWOL: catalog facts
wakeonlan	OpenWOL
Free Free and open source under the Perl Artistic licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0 licence.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Android
Small and simple to script Only needs Perl to run	One tap to wake a saved device No account, cloud or tracking
Command-line only Documentation is sparse	New project with a short track record Works on the local network only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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