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# It Opens Stuff
That is, in your desktop environment. This will make *actual windows pop up*, with stuff in them:
```bashnpm install opener -g
opener http://google.comopener ./my-file.txtopener firefoxopener npm run lint```
Also if you want to use it programmatically you can do that too:
```jsvar 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:
```jsvar 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.
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