diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d0687b..01a1b6d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/getlantern/systray v1.0.4
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.0
 	github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.0.0
-	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200324143707-d3edc9973b7e
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6782f9b..d0f9f6b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
-github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966 h1:JIAuq3EEf9cgbU6AtGPK4CTG3Zf6CKMNqf0MHTggAUA=
-github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966/go.mod h1:sUM3LWHvSMaG192sy56D9F7CNvL7jUJVXoqM1QKLnog=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index 3bf6a4a..b0b2a6e 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/platform"
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/server"
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/storage"
-	sdopen "github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open"
 )
 
 var Version string = "0.0"
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	logger.Printf("starting server at %s", srv.GetAddr())
 	if open {
-		sdopen.Run(srv.GetAddr())
+		platform.Open(srv.GetAddr())
 	}
 	platform.Start(srv)
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/gui.go b/src/platform/gui.go
index e1e2a81..cd9e4e1 100644
--- a/src/platform/gui.go
+++ b/src/platform/gui.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package platform
 import (
 	"github.com/getlantern/systray"
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/server"
-	"github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open"
 )
 
 func Start(s *server.Handler) {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ func Start(s *server.Handler) {
 			for {
 				select {
 				case <-menuOpen.ClickedCh:
-					open.Run(s.GetAddr())
+					Open(s.GetAddr())
 				case <-menuQuit.ClickedCh:
 					systray.Quit()
 				}
diff --git a/src/platform/open.go b/src/platform/open.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35bc5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/open.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package platform
+
+func Open(input string) error {
+	return open(input).Run()
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/open_etc.go b/src/platform/open_etc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df73778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/open_etc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+package platform
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("xdg-open", input)
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/open_mac.go b/src/platform/open_mac.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471cc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/open_mac.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+package platform
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("open", input)
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/open_win.go b/src/platform/open_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a89c533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/open_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// +build windows
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	rundll32 := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("SYSTEMROOT"), "System32", "rundll32.exe")
+	return exec.Command(rundll32, "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", input)
+}