opener

opener is a Gleam package to open files and URLs using platform-specific commands. It provides a simple interface for executing commands based on the operating system.

gleam add opener@1

import gleam/io
import opener

fn main() -> Nil {
  case opener.open("https://gleam.run") {
    Ok(_) -> io.println("opened https://gleam.run in default browser")
    Error(err) -> io.println("failed to open: https://gleam.run: " <> err.1)
  }
}

Features

• Platform detection to determine the appropriate command for opening files or URLs.
• Support for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Further documentation can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/opener.

Development

gleam run   # Run the project
gleam test  # Run the tests