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[FEATURE]: Make the desktop app "Open in" menu configurable with custom editors #15500
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Describe the enhancement you want to request
The desktop app's "Open in" dropdown (upper-right corner) only shows editors from a hardcoded list in packages/app/src/components/session/session-header.tsx (OPEN_APPS, MAC_APPS, etc.). If your editor isn't on that list, you cannot add it.
Problem: Editors like Emacs (emacsclient), IntelliJ IDEA, Neovim, Helix, and many others are missing from the hardcoded list. Users have no way to add them.
Proposed solution: Allow users to define custom entries in opencode.json (or tui.json), for example:
{
"open": {
"apps": [
{
"label": "Emacs",
"command": "/usr/local/bin/emacsclient"
},
{
"label": "Idea",
"command": "/Users/me/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/idea"
}
]
}
}These custom entries would appear alongside the auto-detected apps in the "Open in" dropdown. Each entry needs only a display label and a command path. An optional icon field would be a nice addition.
Current behavior: The dropdown is populated by checking which apps from a hardcoded list (MAC_APPS, WINDOWS_APPS, LINUX_APPS) exist on the system via platform.checkAppExists. No configuration mechanism exists.
Relevant code: packages/app/src/components/session/session-header.tsx, lines ~28-100.
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github-actions commentedon Feb 28, 2026
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Moelanz commentedon Mar 19, 2026
We need this! I want PhpStorm to be added to the list of apps.
chrillep commentedon Mar 26, 2026
+1 or just use preferred exported EDITOR in shell?
usually you have one goto editor ....
"just" look that one up instead ❤️
fengmazi commentedon Apr 21, 2026
pardon，when can it be used? i really need this function.
github-actions commentedon Jul 18, 2026
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