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wakeonlan vs Turn On: catalog facts
wakeonlan	Turn On
Free Free and open source under the Perl Artistic licence.	Free Free and open source under the EUPL-1.2 licence.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Small and simple to script Only needs Perl to run	Simple Wake-on-LAN from the desktop GNOME search integration
Command-line only Documentation is sparse	Linux and GNOME focused Devices must support and have Wake-on-LAN enabled
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl	License: EUPL-1.2
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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