Wakupator
Wake On LAN Machine Manager based on network traffic.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 13% of tracked projects; popularity more than 10%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 181 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.2.0 · 6 Feb 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | C |
Is Wakupator actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 26 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 1 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 67% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v1.2.0, is about 8 months old.
Wakupator ranks #10 of 11 tracked network utilities projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Wakupator actually does
Wakupator is a utility designed to manage Wake-on-LAN procedures based on observed network traffic. Written in C and distributed under the MIT licence, it provides a lightweight way to trigger machine wake states automatically. Because specific protocol and interface details are sparse, it operates within the standard domain of network traffic monitors and power management tools.
Best fit: It is suited for administrators looking for a minimal, compiled utility to automate machine power states in response to local network activity.
Worth knowing: The project shows low maintenance activity with an at-risk health score, meaning you may need to patch bugs yourself or handle compatibility issues manually.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C binary, it typically requires a persistent environment on your host machine and usually does not need a separate database or complex runtime dependencies.
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