diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 8229322b876..71926f63340 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2",
 			"Rev": "9cad7da945e699385c1a3e115aa255211921c9bb"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open",
+			"Rev": "ba570a111973b539baf23c918213059543b5bb6e"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/stretchr/objx",
 			"Rev": "d40df0cc104c06eae2dfe03d7dddb83802d52f9a"
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/LICENSE-MIT b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/LICENSE-MIT
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afd04c82161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Copyright (c) 2013 skratchdot
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc37339abea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("xdg-open", input)
+}
+
+func openWith(input string, appName string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command(appName, input)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_darwin.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16160e6f043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("open", input)
+}
+
+func openWith(input string, appName string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("open", "-a", appName, input)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_windows.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac44cfa2d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/exec_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package open
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func cleaninput(input string) string {
+	r := strings.NewReplacer("&", "^&")
+	return r.Replace(input)
+}
+
+func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("cmd", "/C", "start", "", cleaninput(input))
+}
+
+func openWith(input string, appName string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("cmd", "/C", "start", "", appName, cleaninput(input))
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1f648ff51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+
+	Open a file, directory, or URI using the OS's default
+	application for that object type.  Optionally, you can
+	specify an application to use.
+
+	This is a proxy for the following commands:
+
+	         OSX: "open"
+	     Windows: "start"
+	 Linux/Other: "xdg-open"
+
+	This is a golang port of the node.js module: https://github.com/pwnall/node-open
+
+*/
+package open
+
+/*
+	Open a file, directory, or URI using the OS's default
+	application for that object type. Wait for the open
+	command to complete.
+*/
+func Run(input string) error {
+	return open(input).Run()
+}
+
+/*
+	Open a file, directory, or URI using the OS's default
+	application for that object type. Don't wait for the
+	open command to complete.
+*/
+func Start(input string) error {
+	return open(input).Start()
+}
+
+/*
+	Open a file, directory, or URI using the specified application.
+	Wait for the open command to complete.
+*/
+func RunWith(input string, appName string) error {
+	return openWith(input, appName).Run()
+}
+
+/*
+	Open a file, directory, or URI using the specified application.
+	Don't wait for the open command to complete.
+*/
+func StartWith(input string, appName string) error {
+	return openWith(input, appName).Start()
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5db2da27cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open/open_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package open
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
+	// shouldn't error
+	input := "https://google.com/"
+	err := Run(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("open.Run(\"%s\") threw an error: %s", input, err)
+	}
+
+	// should error
+	input = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+	err = Run(input)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Run(\"%s\") did not throw an error as expected", input)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStart(t *testing.T) {
+	// shouldn't error
+	input := "https://google.com/"
+	err := Start(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("open.Start(\"%s\") threw an error: %s", input, err)
+	}
+
+	// shouldn't error
+	input = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+	err = Start(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("open.Start(\"%s\") shouldn't even fail on invalid input: %s", input, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunWith(t *testing.T) {
+	// shouldn't error
+	input := "https://google.com/"
+	app := "firefox"
+	err := RunWith(input, app)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("open.RunWith(\"%s\", \"%s\") threw an error: %s", input, app, err)
+	}
+
+	// should error
+	app = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+	err = RunWith(input, app)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("RunWith(\"%s\", \"%s\") did not throw an error as expected", input, app)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStartWith(t *testing.T) {
+	// shouldn't error
+	input := "https://google.com/"
+	app := "firefox"
+	err := StartWith(input, app)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("open.StartWith(\"%s\", \"%s\") threw an error: %s", input, app, err)
+	}
+
+	// shouldn't error
+	input = "[<Invalid URL>]"
+	err = StartWith(input, app)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("StartWith(\"%s\", \"%s\") shouldn't even fail on invalid input: %s", input, app, err)
+	}
+
+}