diff --git a/notification/doc.go b/lib/notification/doc.go
similarity index 100%
rename from notification/doc.go
rename to lib/notification/doc.go
diff --git a/notification/notify_darwin.go b/lib/notification/notify_darwin.go
similarity index 100%
rename from notification/notify_darwin.go
rename to lib/notification/notify_darwin.go
diff --git a/notification/notify_linux.go b/lib/notification/notify_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from notification/notify_linux.go
rename to lib/notification/notify_linux.go
diff --git a/notification/notify_unsupported.go b/lib/notification/notify_unsupported.go
similarity index 100%
rename from notification/notify_unsupported.go
rename to lib/notification/notify_unsupported.go
diff --git a/notification/notify_windows.go b/lib/notification/notify_windows.go
similarity index 100%
rename from notification/notify_windows.go
rename to lib/notification/notify_windows.go
diff --git a/lib/open/doc.go b/lib/open/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..367ffb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/open/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Package open contains a simple cross-platform way to open files in the program the OS wants to use.
+//
+// Based on https://github.com/skratchdot/open-golang
+package open
diff --git a/lib/open/open.go b/lib/open/open.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fde8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/open/open.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+// gomuks - A terminal Matrix client written in Go.
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Tulir Asokan
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func Open(input string) error {
+	return exec.Command("xdg-open", input).Start()
+}
diff --git a/lib/open/open_darwin.go b/lib/open/open_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f53ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/open/open_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// gomuks - A terminal Matrix client written in Go.
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Tulir Asokan
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func Open(input string) error {
+	return exec.Command("open", input).Start()
+}
diff --git a/lib/open/open_windows.go b/lib/open/open_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aced662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/open/open_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// gomuks - A terminal Matrix client written in Go.
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Tulir Asokan
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+const FileProtocolHandler = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"
+
+var RunDLL32 = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("SYSTEMROOT"), "System32", "rundll32.exe")
+
+func Open(input string) error {
+	return exec.Command(RunDLL32, FileProtocolHandler, input).Start()
+}
diff --git a/ui/view-main.go b/ui/view-main.go
index a97f9b2..3a6c38d 100644
--- a/ui/view-main.go
+++ b/ui/view-main.go
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import (
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/config"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/debug"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/interface"
+	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/lib/notification"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/matrix/pushrules"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/matrix/rooms"
-	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/notification"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/ui/messages"
 	"maunium.net/go/gomuks/ui/widget"
 	"maunium.net/go/tview"