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Alexa Skill · Wake-on-LAN · Open beta

«Alexa, turn on the office PC.»

One sentence. Three seconds. The computer you left off on the other side of the house is already on when you get there. No router to configure, no subscription, no spying agent.

Start for free How it works
Cost
€0up to 2 PCs
Setup
60seconds
Agent
6.6MB · Windows

Chapter 01

Three steps.
One sentence.

SayBoot replaces the physical power button with your voice. No app to learn, no cloud we invented ourselves. Just Alexa, a lightweight agent on your PC, and your wake-on-LAN finally doing something useful.

  1. 01

    Install from Microsoft Store

    Download the SayBoot agent on the PC you want to control. Signed by Microsoft, no SmartScreen warning. On first launch the browser opens and the PC pairs itself.

    Microsoft Store → install → ✓
  2. 02

    Your PC is in the webapp

    Sign in with your Amazon account at sayboot.com/app. The webapp guides you: three steps on screen, QR code for Alexa, no manual setup.

    sayboot.com/app → paired SayBoot
  3. 03

    Enable the Alexa skill

    Scan the QR code in the webapp with your phone: tap “Enable to Use” → “Link Account”. The banner disappears. You’re ready.

    Alexa → skill → ✓ Amazon Alexa

Chapter 02 · A story

I wrote it because
I needed it.

Alessandro, founder of SayBoot

I'm Alessandro. I run a professional studio and I have half a dozen PCs up all the time: development workstations, an accounting machine, a couple of colleague stations, two small service servers.

The problem is I often work off-site. I'm two hundred kilometres away from the studio when I remember I need a file on one of those machines. Or I want to kick off a nightly build. Or I have to help a client by remoting into the PC that has their copy of some legacy accounting software.

Shutting them all down in the evening saves electricity, but it also means I can't get back in until I'm physically there. Leaving them on 24/7 means burning watts for nothing, month after month.

«Alexa, turn on studio PC» from the couch at home, and when I get to my laptop Remote Desktop is already waiting.

SayBoot comes from exactly that frustration. It's not magic: it's just Wake-on-LAN done right — the same feature your PC already has in BIOS, finally plugged into a voice command and a webapp that lets you see the state of your computers from any browser.

I suspected I wasn't the only one with this problem. If you too have PCs scattered across multiple sites, a dev workstation at home and one at the office, a machine that isn't worth keeping on overnight but that you need to reach at dawn, or simply a studio you remote into — this app is for you.

Real use cases

  • 01

    Multi-PC studios and offices

    Wake the right workstation from the palm of your hand before you even walk in, shut everything down at end of day with a single group command.

  • 02

    Remote work + RDP

    Wake the office PC, connect via Remote Desktop, work, turn it back off by voice. No wasted power bill, zero downtime.

  • 03

    Dev across multiple machines

    A Linux box for builds, a Windows one for tests, a Mac for the client — wake only the one you need, when you need it.

Alessandro C. Founder of SayBoot

Chapter 03 · Architecture New

Everything in.
Nothing in.

The question always comes: «what if somebody connects to my PC?». Short answer: they can't. Your PC is the only one that talks, and it only talks outbound. Here's the exact path your voice takes.

Your voice

Echo · English

Alexa SDK

Amazon Cloud

Intent resolver

HTTPS · 443

SayBoot backend

Only MAC + ID

Backend (ours)

No listener to you

Outbound · polling

Your PC

Agent 6.6 MB · Windows

Chapter 04

Everything in.
Nothing extra.

Built by someone who uses it every day. The features that matter are here. The ones that don't — monthly subscriptions, premium badges, dark patterns — aren't.

Native voice control

Powered by Amazon's Smart Home Skill Kit. You speak, the Echo sends a directive to our servers, the PC turns on. Same latency as a smart bulb, same reliability.

Alexa, turn on the office PC

Lightweight webapp

Add PCs, groups and power history from any browser. Zero client installs, sign in with Amazon.

Open agent
for Windows

Unobtrusive tray icon. 6.6 MB. No firewall port opened, no network service listening. Just waits for a command from the cloud.

Shutdown + suspend

Not just turning on: with the agent installed you can say «Alexa, turn off the office PC» too. Configure shutdown, reboot, sleep or hibernate — per PC, from the webapp.

shutdown · restart · sleep · hibernate

Groups of PCs

«Alexa, turn on studio» and a magic packet fires at every PC in the group at once. Perfect for labs and multi-seat setups.

Scheduled routines

Want the PC to wake at 8am on Mondays? Create an Alexa Routine in the official app. No cron, no plugins of ours.

Chapter 05 · Alternatives New

What if I did it
with IFTTT?

The other roads exist. Each stops somewhere. This is the honest table, written by someone who tried them all before building SayBoot.

SayBoot IFTTT + WoL TriggerCMD Port forwarding
Voice command in your language ✓ ~custom intent only ~custom routine ✗
Works behind NAT with no open ports ✓HTTPS outbound ✗needs webhook ✓ ✗
Shutdown & reboot by voice ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
PC groups & multi-routines ✓ ~one webhook per routine ~ ✗
Web dashboard for everything ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
Price for 2 PCs €0forever ~€3.99/monthIFTTT Pro ~€24one-time Free+ security risk
Setup time 60 seconds 30–60 minutes 15 minutes hours (router + firewall)

Chapter 06 · Live Live

See how
it flows.

The live feed of real power events — aggregated by country, showing the name each user picked for their device. Zero IP, zero hostname, zero user name, zero email.

Real-time feed 0 events seen

    * What we show: local time, action (wake/shutdown/sleep), outcome (✓/✗), the name the user picked for their device, and aggregate country. No IP, no hostname, no user name, no email, no fingerprint. Refreshed every 10 seconds.

    Chapter 07

    Honest
    pricing.

    SayBoot was built for personal use. The Free plan already covers most homes and home-offices. Premium is for people with a larger fleet who want to support the project.

    01 · Free

    Free

    €0forever

    • Up to 2 PCs registered
    • Voice control (wake + shut down)
    • Full webapp
    • Device groups
    • Unlimited wake history
    • Automatic agent updates
    Start for free
    For fleets

    02 · Premium

    Premium

    on requestone-time

    • Unlimited PCs
    • Everything in Free
    • Priority on new features
    • Direct email support
    • Manual unlock, no credit card
    Email to unlock

    Chapter 08

    Honest
    questions.

    Does it work behind NAT / a home router?
    Yes. No port forwarding needed: the PC is the only one reaching out to our backend (HTTPS on port 443, like any browser). When a voice command arrives, the local agent receives it and fires the magic WoL packet on the internal LAN.
    Which PCs are supported?
    For now Windows 10/11 with a wired network card. Wi-Fi doesn't work for Wake-on-LAN (it's a physical limitation of the protocol, not ours). macOS and Linux are on the roadmap.
    Is it secure? Can the agent do weird things on my PC?
    The agent only does three things: sends a WoL magic packet, runs Windows' native power management commands (shutdown, rundll32 powrprof.dll), and HTTPS-polls our backend for commands. No network listener, no privilege escalation, no data leaves your PC except MAC and hostname.
    Do I have to install the agent?
    Only if you want to turn off the PC by voice (Windows can't shut itself down remotely on its own). For wake up you just need to enable Wake-on-LAN in the BIOS — a standard, free feature present on almost every PC from the last 15 years.
    What happens to my PCs if I go back to the Free plan?
    They stay in the list. The first 2 (by registration order) keep working normally; the rest are frozen: still visible in the webapp, but no voice commands and no Alexa. Upgrading the account again thaws them automatically.
    Is it open source?
    The backend and agent source is private during the beta. The project stays free; we'll consider opening the code once the sustainability model stabilises.

    Try it now

    Your Echo is only waiting
    for one sentence.

    Install the agent, pair your PC, enable Alexa. Ready in under three minutes. No credit card needed.

    Open the WebApp Amazon Alexa Microsoft Store