diff --git a/src/util/platform.cpp b/src/util/platform.cpp
index b749718d..b1c5362c 100644
--- a/src/util/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/util/platform.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "typedefs.hpp"
+#include "stringutil.hpp"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <Windows.h>
 
-#include "stringutil.hpp"
-
 void platform::configure_encoding() {
     // set utf-8 encoding to console output
     SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ std::string platform::detect_locale() {
         .replace(2, 1, "_")
         .substr(0, 5);
 }
-
 #else
 
 void platform::configure_encoding() {
@@ -49,5 +47,19 @@ std::string platform::detect_locale() {
 
     return preferredLocaleName.substr(0, 5);
 }
-
 #endif
+
+
+void platform::open_folder(const std::filesystem::path& folder) {
+    if (!std::filesystem::is_directory(folder)) {
+        return;
+    }
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    auto cmd = "open "+util::quote(folder.u8string());
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    auto cmd = "start "+util::quote(folder.u8string());
+#else
+    auto cmd = "xdg-open "+util::quote(folder.u8string());
+#endif
+    system(cmd.c_str());
+}
diff --git a/src/util/platform.hpp b/src/util/platform.hpp
index a620acad..973c0ebd 100644
--- a/src/util/platform.hpp
+++ b/src/util/platform.hpp
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace platform {
     void configure_encoding();
-    // @return environment locale in ISO format ll_CC
+    /// @return environment locale in ISO format ll_CC
     std::string detect_locale();
+    /// @brief Open folder using system file manager application
+    /// @param folder target folder
+    void open_folder(const std::filesystem::path& folder);
 }