From 90407c49c65e8709fab7dfc2922307418d3ca258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Litruv Boonzaayer <litruv@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:50:17 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add open_external_url command to open URLs in the
 default browser

---
 cinny                | 2 +-
 src-tauri/Cargo.lock | 1 +
 src-tauri/Cargo.toml | 1 +
 src-tauri/src/lib.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cinny b/cinny
index 5461359..47b24d2 160000
--- a/cinny
+++ b/cinny
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 546135988ec3d7182ef07ff1b02f84d5d99dcaa8
+Subproject commit 47b24d26fff139a1545794a4ca666cce396f8326
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 37b6776..2c41374 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2681,6 +2681,7 @@ version = "4.10.2"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "base64 0.22.1",
+ "open",
  "png 0.17.16",
  "ppv-lite86",
  "serde",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 52d9568..e7355d2 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tauri-plugin-window-state = "2"
 tauri-plugin-single-instance = "2"
 tauri-plugin-updater = "2"
 tauri-plugin-autostart = "2"
+open = "5"
 
 [features]
 default = ["custom-protocol"]
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 5759068..342341c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ fn read_clipboard_image() -> Result<Option<String>, String> {
     Ok(None)
 }
 
+/// Open a URL in the default browser (bypasses ACL issues with localhost plugin)
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
+#[tauri::command]
+fn open_external_url(url: String) -> Result<(), String> {
+    open::that(&url).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
 /// Runs the Tauri application
 pub fn run() {
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn run() {
                     api.prevent_close();
                 }
             })
-            .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![read_clipboard_image])
+            .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![read_clipboard_image, open_external_url])
             .run(tauri::generate_context!())
             .expect("error while building tauri application");
     }