3 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/platform/fallback.rs b/src/platform/fallback.rs
index a8f9d8ce..d7360f9b 100644
--- a/src/platform/fallback.rs
+++ b/src/platform/fallback.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ pub fn write_clipboard(_bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Unsupported platform stub.
+pub fn open_url(_url: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    Err(std::io::Error::new(
+        std::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+        "opening URLs is not supported on this platform",
+    ))
+}
+
+/// Unsupported platform stub.
 pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
     None
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/linux.rs b/src/platform/linux.rs
index 00f4b906..2ea26559 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ pub fn write_clipboard(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
+pub fn open_url(url: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    Command::new("xdg-open")
+        .arg(url)
+        .stdin(Stdio::null())
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
     for (mime, extension) in [
         ("image/png", "png"),
diff --git a/src/platform/macos.rs b/src/platform/macos.rs
index 354a6b3c..3ff23251 100644
--- a/src/platform/macos.rs
+++ b/src/platform/macos.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ pub fn write_clipboard(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
     )
 }
 
+pub fn open_url(url: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    Command::new("open")
+        .arg(url)
+        .stdin(Stdio::null())
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
     let path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
         "herdr-clipboard-image-{}-{}.png",