JezK
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# It Opens Stuff That is, in your desktop environment. This will make *actual windows pop up*, with stuff in them: ```bash npm install opener -g opener http://google.com opener ./my-file.txt opener firefox opener npm run lint ``` Also if you want to use it programmatically you can do that too: ```js var opener = require("opener"); opener("http://google.com"); opener("./my-file.txt"); opener("firefox"); opener("npm run lint"); ``` Plus, it returns the child process created, so you can do things like let your script exit while the window stays open: ```js var editor = opener("documentation.odt"); editor.unref(); // These other unrefs may be necessary if your OS's opener process // exits before the process it started is complete. editor.stdin.unref(); editor.stdout.unref(); editor.stderr.unref(); ``` ## Use It for Good Like opening the user's browser with a test harness in your package's test script: ```json { "scripts": { "test": "opener ./test/runner.html" }, "devDependencies": { "opener": "*" } } ``` ## Why Because Windows has `start`, Macs have `open`, and *nix has `xdg-open`. At least [according to some person on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1480971/3191). And I like things that work on all three. Like Node.js. And Opener.