Use the github.com/pkg/browser package for opening URLs

engine/url.go

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/browser"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // OpenURL tries to open an URL with the system browser
-func (ac *Config) OpenURL(host, cPort string, httpsPrefix bool) {
+func (ac *Config) OpenURL(host, cPort string, httpsPrefix bool) error {
 	// Build the URL
 	var sb strings.Builder
 	if httpsPrefix {
@@ -26,19 +26,13 @@ func (ac *Config) OpenURL(host, cPort string, httpsPrefix bool) {
 	sb.WriteString(cPort)
 	url := sb.String()
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(ac.openExecutable, url)
-	if ac.openExecutable == "" {
-		switch runtime.GOOS {
-		case "linux", "solaris":
-			cmd = exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
-		case "windows":
-			cmd = exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url)
-		default: // darwin, bsd etc
-			cmd = exec.Command("open", url)
-		}
+	if ac.openExecutable != "" {
+		// Custom command for opening URLs
+		cmd := exec.Command(ac.openExecutable, url)
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Opening %q with %q", url, cmd.String()))
+		return cmd.Run()
 	}
 
-	// Open the URL
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Running: %s", cmd.String()))
-	cmd.Run()
+	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Opening %q in a browser", url))
+	return browser.OpenURL(url)
 }