diff --git a/Sources/Panels/CmuxWebView.swift b/Sources/Panels/CmuxWebView.swift
index 239c641a..7ee2d00a 100644
--- a/Sources/Panels/CmuxWebView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Panels/CmuxWebView.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ final class CmuxWebView: WKWebView {
     private static var contextMenuFallbackKey: UInt8 = 0
 
     var onContextMenuDownloadStateChanged: ((Bool) -> Void)?
+    var contextMenuLinkURLProvider: ((CmuxWebView, NSPoint, @escaping (URL?) -> Void) -> Void)?
+    var contextMenuDefaultBrowserOpener: ((URL) -> Bool)?
 
     override func performKeyEquivalent(with event: NSEvent) -> Bool {
         // Preserve Cmd+Return/Enter for web content (e.g. editors/forms). Do not
@@ -302,6 +304,27 @@ final class CmuxWebView: WKWebView {
         }
     }
 
+    private func resolveContextMenuLinkURL(at point: NSPoint, completion: @escaping (URL?) -> Void) {
+        if let contextMenuLinkURLProvider {
+            contextMenuLinkURLProvider(self, point, completion)
+            return
+        }
+        findLinkURLAtPoint(point, completion: completion)
+    }
+
+    private func canOpenInDefaultBrowser(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
+        let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased() ?? ""
+        return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https"
+    }
+
+    private func openContextMenuLinkInDefaultBrowser(_ url: URL) {
+        if let contextMenuDefaultBrowserOpener {
+            _ = contextMenuDefaultBrowserOpener(url)
+            return
+        }
+        _ = NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)
+    }
+
     private func runContextMenuFallback(action: Selector?, target: AnyObject?, sender: Any?) {
         guard let action else { return }
         // Guard against accidental self-recursion if fallback gets overwritten.
@@ -452,8 +475,22 @@ final class CmuxWebView: WKWebView {
     override func willOpenMenu(_ menu: NSMenu, with event: NSEvent) {
         super.willOpenMenu(menu, with: event)
         lastContextMenuPoint = convert(event.locationInWindow, from: nil)
+        var openLinkInsertionIndex: Int?
+        var hasDefaultBrowserOpenLinkItem = false
+
+        for (index, item) in menu.items.enumerated() {
+            if !hasDefaultBrowserOpenLinkItem,
+               (item.action == #selector(contextMenuOpenLinkInDefaultBrowser(_:))
+                || item.title == "Open Link in Default Browser") {
+                hasDefaultBrowserOpenLinkItem = true
+            }
+
+            if openLinkInsertionIndex == nil,
+               (item.identifier?.rawValue == "WKMenuItemIdentifierOpenLink"
+                || item.title == "Open Link") {
+                openLinkInsertionIndex = index + 1
+            }
 
-        for item in menu.items {
             // Rename "Open Link in New Window" to "Open Link in New Tab".
             // The UIDelegate's createWebViewWith already handles the action
             // by opening the link as a new surface in the same pane.
@@ -494,6 +531,25 @@ final class CmuxWebView: WKWebView {
                 item.action = #selector(contextMenuDownloadLinkedFile(_:))
             }
         }
+
+        if let openLinkInsertionIndex, !hasDefaultBrowserOpenLinkItem {
+            let item = NSMenuItem(
+                title: "Open Link in Default Browser",
+                action: #selector(contextMenuOpenLinkInDefaultBrowser(_:)),
+                keyEquivalent: ""
+            )
+            item.target = self
+            menu.insertItem(item, at: min(openLinkInsertionIndex, menu.items.count))
+        }
+    }
+
+    @objc private func contextMenuOpenLinkInDefaultBrowser(_ sender: Any?) {
+        _ = sender
+        let point = lastContextMenuPoint
+        resolveContextMenuLinkURL(at: point) { [weak self] url in
+            guard let self, let url, self.canOpenInDefaultBrowser(url) else { return }
+            self.openContextMenuLinkInDefaultBrowser(url)
+        }
     }
 
     @objc private func contextMenuDownloadImage(_ sender: Any?) {
diff --git a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
index 0b48bb1d..cc8f5395 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
@@ -132,6 +132,80 @@ final class CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests: XCTestCase {
     }
 }
 
+@MainActor
+final class CmuxWebViewContextMenuTests: XCTestCase {
+    private func makeRightMouseDownEvent() -> NSEvent {
+        guard let event = NSEvent.mouseEvent(
+            with: .rightMouseDown,
+            location: .zero,
+            modifierFlags: [],
+            timestamp: ProcessInfo.processInfo.systemUptime,
+            windowNumber: 0,
+            context: nil,
+            eventNumber: 0,
+            clickCount: 1,
+            pressure: 1.0
+        ) else {
+            fatalError("Failed to create rightMouseDown event")
+        }
+        return event
+    }
+
+    func testWillOpenMenuAddsOpenLinkInDefaultBrowserAndRoutesSelectionToDefaultBrowserOpener() {
+        _ = NSApplication.shared
+        let webView = CmuxWebView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 800, height: 600), configuration: WKWebViewConfiguration())
+        let menu = NSMenu()
+        let openLinkItem = NSMenuItem(title: "Open Link", action: nil, keyEquivalent: "")
+        openLinkItem.identifier = NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier("WKMenuItemIdentifierOpenLink")
+        menu.addItem(openLinkItem)
+        menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "Copy Link", action: nil, keyEquivalent: ""))
+
+        var openedURL: URL?
+        webView.contextMenuLinkURLProvider = { _, _, completion in
+            completion(URL(string: "https://example.com/docs")!)
+        }
+        webView.contextMenuDefaultBrowserOpener = { url in
+            openedURL = url
+            return true
+        }
+
+        webView.willOpenMenu(menu, with: makeRightMouseDownEvent())
+
+        guard let defaultBrowserItemIndex = menu.items.firstIndex(where: { $0.title == "Open Link in Default Browser" }) else {
+            XCTFail("Expected Open Link in Default Browser item in context menu")
+            return
+        }
+        guard let openLinkIndex = menu.items.firstIndex(where: { $0.identifier?.rawValue == "WKMenuItemIdentifierOpenLink" }) else {
+            XCTFail("Expected Open Link item in context menu")
+            return
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(defaultBrowserItemIndex, openLinkIndex + 1)
+        let defaultBrowserItem = menu.items[defaultBrowserItemIndex]
+        XCTAssertTrue(defaultBrowserItem.target === webView)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(defaultBrowserItem.action)
+
+        let dispatched = NSApp.sendAction(
+            defaultBrowserItem.action!,
+            to: defaultBrowserItem.target,
+            from: defaultBrowserItem
+        )
+        XCTAssertTrue(dispatched)
+        XCTAssertEqual(openedURL?.absoluteString, "https://example.com/docs")
+    }
+
+    func testWillOpenMenuSkipsDefaultBrowserItemWhenContextHasNoOpenLinkEntry() {
+        let webView = CmuxWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: WKWebViewConfiguration())
+        let menu = NSMenu()
+        menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "Back", action: nil, keyEquivalent: ""))
+        menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "Forward", action: nil, keyEquivalent: ""))
+
+        webView.willOpenMenu(menu, with: makeRightMouseDownEvent())
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(menu.items.contains { $0.title == "Open Link in Default Browser" })
+    }
+}
+
 final class BrowserDevToolsButtonDebugSettingsTests: XCTestCase {
     private func makeIsolatedDefaults() -> UserDefaults {
         let suiteName = "BrowserDevToolsButtonDebugSettingsTests.\(UUID().uuidString)"