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https://dgross.ca/blog/linux-home-server-auto-sleep did the rounds lately.
But you'll need another system to always be on to handle this.
In many cases, you can "fake" this in other means. For example, I had Remmina configured to run a script to send a WOL packet and wait before connecting via remote desktop to a computer.
For a while I just had a widget on my phone where I could just tap an icon to send a magic packet to the desired MAC.