diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a3efdb..3feb588 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -788,6 +788,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-docker"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "928bae27f42bc99b60d9ac7334e3a21d10ad8f1835a4e12ec3ec0464765ed1b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-wsl"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "173609498df190136aa7dea1a91db051746d339e18476eed5ca40521f02d7aa5"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-docker",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -950,6 +969,17 @@ version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "open"
+version = "5.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2483562e62ea94312f3576a7aca397306df7990b8d89033e18766744377ef95"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-wsl",
+ "libc",
+ "pathdiff",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.73"
@@ -1023,6 +1053,12 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathdiff"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df94ce210e5bc13cb6651479fa48d14f601d9858cfe0467f43ae157023b938d3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -1680,6 +1716,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argh",
  "crossterm 0.29.0",
+ "open",
  "ratatui",
  "reqwest",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d49fcc..af1141e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 argh = "0.1.13"
 crossterm = "0.29.0"
+open = "5.3.2"
 ratatui = "0.29.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.20", features = ["blocking"] }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.36.0", features = ["bundled", "time"] }
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index 2d66385..68734e0 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum TrsEvent {
     FocusArticles,
     FocusChannels,
     ToggleDebug,
+    OpenArticle,
     Exit,
 }
 
@@ -161,6 +162,20 @@ fn handle_events(state: &mut AppState) -> Result<()> {
         TrsEvent::Exit => state.exit = true,
         TrsEvent::FocusArticles => state.focussed = FocussedPane::Articles,
         TrsEvent::FocusChannels => state.focussed = FocussedPane::Channels,
+        TrsEvent::OpenArticle => {
+            if let Some(channel_idx) = state.highlighted_channel {
+                if let Some(article_idx) = state.highlighted_article {
+                    if let Some(channel) = state.channels.get(channel_idx) {
+                        if let Some(article) = channel.articles.get(article_idx) {
+                            let open_res = open::that(&article.link);
+                            if let Err(e) = open_res {
+                                eprintln!("Failed to open article: {}", e);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     };
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -180,6 +195,7 @@ fn parse_trs_event(state: &AppState, raw_event: Event) -> TrsEvent {
             },
             KeyCode::Char('k') => TrsEvent::FocusEntryUp,
             KeyCode::Char('d') if state.debug_enabled => return TrsEvent::ToggleDebug,
+            KeyCode::Enter => return TrsEvent::OpenArticle,
             _ => TrsEvent::None,
         },
         _ => TrsEvent::None,