diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index 357d40de5..8c19150b1 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } ghostty_surface_config_s;
 
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_wakeup_cb)(void *);
+typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_open_config_cb)(void *);
 typedef const ghostty_config_t (*ghostty_runtime_reload_config_cb)(void *);
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_set_title_cb)(void *, const char *);
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_set_mouse_shape_cb)(void *, ghostty_mouse_shape_e);
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ typedef struct {
     void *userdata;
     bool supports_selection_clipboard;
     ghostty_runtime_wakeup_cb wakeup_cb;
+    ghostty_runtime_open_config_cb open_config_cb;
     ghostty_runtime_reload_config_cb reload_config_cb;
     ghostty_runtime_set_title_cb set_title_cb;
     ghostty_runtime_set_mouse_shape_cb set_mouse_shape_cb;
@@ -422,12 +424,14 @@ bool ghostty_config_get(ghostty_config_t, void *, const char *, uintptr_t);
 ghostty_input_trigger_s ghostty_config_trigger(ghostty_config_t, const char *, uintptr_t);
 uint32_t ghostty_config_errors_count(ghostty_config_t);
 ghostty_error_s ghostty_config_get_error(ghostty_config_t, uint32_t);
+void ghostty_config_open();
 
 ghostty_app_t ghostty_app_new(const ghostty_runtime_config_s *, ghostty_config_t);
 void ghostty_app_free(ghostty_app_t);
 bool ghostty_app_tick(ghostty_app_t);
 void *ghostty_app_userdata(ghostty_app_t);
 void ghostty_app_keyboard_changed(ghostty_app_t);
+void ghostty_app_open_config(ghostty_app_t);
 void ghostty_app_reload_config(ghostty_app_t);
 bool ghostty_app_needs_confirm_quit(ghostty_app_t);
 
diff --git a/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
index b99d45ba8..8dc07095d 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, UNUserNoti
     )
     
     /// Various menu items so that we can programmatically sync the keyboard shortcut with the Ghostty config.
+    @IBOutlet private var menuOpenConfig: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuReloadConfig: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuQuit: NSMenuItem?
     
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, UNUserNoti
     private func syncMenuShortcuts() {
         guard ghostty.config != nil else { return }
         
+        syncMenuShortcut(action: "open_config", menuItem: self.menuOpenConfig)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "reload_config", menuItem: self.menuReloadConfig)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "quit", menuItem: self.menuQuit)
         
@@ -340,6 +342,10 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, UNUserNoti
     
     //MARK: - IB Actions
     
+    @IBAction func openConfig(_ sender: Any?) {
+        ghostty.openConfig()
+    }
+    
     @IBAction func reloadConfig(_ sender: Any?) {
         ghostty.reloadConfig()
     }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
index f9f4da8b8..df1bc56bd 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 userdata: Unmanaged.passUnretained(self).toOpaque(),
                 supports_selection_clipboard: false,
                 wakeup_cb: { userdata in AppState.wakeup(userdata) },
+                open_config_cb: { userdata in AppState.openConfig(userdata) },
                 reload_config_cb: { userdata in AppState.reloadConfig(userdata) },
                 set_title_cb: { userdata, title in AppState.setTitle(userdata, title: title) },
                 set_mouse_shape_cb: { userdata, shape in AppState.setMouseShape(userdata, shape: shape) },
@@ -267,6 +268,11 @@ extension Ghostty {
             NSApplication.shared.terminate(nil)
         }
 
+        func openConfig() {
+            guard let app = self.app else { return }
+            ghostty_app_open_config(app)
+        }
+
         func reloadConfig() {
             guard let app = self.app else { return }
             ghostty_app_reload_config(app)
@@ -489,6 +495,10 @@ extension Ghostty {
             )
         }
 
+        static func openConfig(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
+            ghostty_config_open();
+        }
+
         static func reloadConfig(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> ghostty_config_t? {
             guard let newConfig = Self.loadConfig() else {
                 AppDelegate.logger.warning("failed to reload configuration")
diff --git a/macos/Sources/MainMenu.xib b/macos/Sources/MainMenu.xib
index c9317efbb..e1d54bc59 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/macos/Sources/MainMenu.xib
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
                 <outlet property="menuNewTab" destination="uTG-Vz-hJU" id="eMg-R3-SeS"/>
                 <outlet property="menuNewWindow" destination="Was-JA-tGl" id="lK7-3I-CPG"/>
                 <outlet property="menuNextSplit" destination="bD7-ei-wKU" id="LeT-xw-eh4"/>
+                <outlet property="menuOpenConfig" destination="BOF-NM-1cW" id="Nze-Go-glw"/>
                 <outlet property="menuPaste" destination="i27-pK-umN" id="ICc-X2-gV3"/>
                 <outlet property="menuPreviousSplit" destination="Lic-px-1wg" id="Rto-CG-yRe"/>
                 <outlet property="menuQuit" destination="4sb-4s-VLi" id="qYN-S1-6UW"/>
@@ -57,7 +58,11 @@
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
                             <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="VOq-y0-SEH"/>
-                            <menuItem title="Preferences…" keyEquivalent="," id="BOF-NM-1cW"/>
+                            <menuItem title="Preferences…" keyEquivalent="," id="BOF-NM-1cW">
+                                <connections>
+                                    <action selector="openConfig:" target="bbz-4X-AYv" id="X65-fg-iWU"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </menuItem>
                             <menuItem title="Reload Configuration" id="KKH-XX-5py">
                                 <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
                                 <connections>
diff --git a/src/App.zig b/src/App.zig
index c1917f79b..99949d9e1 100644
--- a/src/App.zig
+++ b/src/App.zig
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *App, rt_app: *apprt.App) !void {
         log.debug("mailbox message={s}", .{@tagName(message)});
         switch (message) {
             .reload_config => try self.reloadConfig(rt_app),
+            .open_config => try self.openConfig(rt_app),
             .new_window => |msg| try self.newWindow(rt_app, msg),
             .close => |surface| try self.closeSurface(surface),
             .quit => try self.setQuit(),
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *App, rt_app: *apprt.App) !void {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn openConfig(self: *App, rt_app: *apprt.App) !void {
+    _ = self;
+    log.debug("opening configuration", .{});
+    try rt_app.openConfig();
+}
+
 pub fn reloadConfig(self: *App, rt_app: *apprt.App) !void {
     log.debug("reloading configuration", .{});
     if (try rt_app.reloadConfig()) |new| {
@@ -274,6 +281,9 @@ pub const Message = union(enum) {
     /// all the active surfaces.
     reload_config: void,
 
+    // Open the configuration file
+    open_config: void,
+
     /// Create a new terminal window.
     new_window: NewWindow,
 
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index f79818738..2859a32f2 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -2550,6 +2550,8 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
         .unbind => unreachable,
         .ignore => {},
 
+        .open_config => try self.app.openConfig(self.rt_app),
+
         .reload_config => try self.app.reloadConfig(self.rt_app),
 
         .csi, .esc => |data| {
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index fbeccfe86..0a4a59678 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ pub const App = struct {
         /// called.
         reload_config: *const fn (AppUD) callconv(.C) ?*const Config,
 
+        /// Open the configuration file.
+        open_config: *const fn (AppUD) callconv(.C) void,
+
         /// Called to set the title of the window.
         set_title: *const fn (SurfaceUD, [*]const u8) callconv(.C) void,
 
@@ -160,6 +163,10 @@ pub const App = struct {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn openConfig(self: *App) !void {
+        try Config.edit(self.core_app.alloc);
+    }
+
     pub fn reloadConfig(self: *App) !?*const Config {
         // Reload
         if (self.opts.reload_config(self.opts.userdata)) |new| {
@@ -1285,6 +1292,14 @@ pub const CAPI = struct {
         };
     }
 
+    /// Open the configuration.
+    export fn ghostty_app_open_config(v: *App) void {
+        _ = v.core_app.openConfig(v) catch |err| {
+            log.err("error reloading config err={}", .{err});
+            return;
+        };
+    }
+
     /// Reload the configuration.
     export fn ghostty_app_reload_config(v: *App) void {
         _ = v.core_app.reloadConfig(v) catch |err| {
diff --git a/src/config/CAPI.zig b/src/config/CAPI.zig
index 09ea27c70..9213f7cf8 100644
--- a/src/config/CAPI.zig
+++ b/src/config/CAPI.zig
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ export fn ghostty_config_get_error(self: *Config, idx: u32) Error {
     return .{ .message = err.message.ptr };
 }
 
+export fn ghostty_config_open() void {
+    Config.edit(global.alloc) catch |err| {
+        log.err("error opening config in editor err={}", .{err});
+    };
+}
+
 /// Sync with ghostty_error_s
 const Error = extern struct {
     message: [*:0]const u8 = "",
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 1275c8a82..d52546bed 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const Key = @import("key.zig").Key;
 const KeyValue = @import("key.zig").Value;
 const ErrorList = @import("ErrorList.zig");
 const MetricModifier = fontpkg.face.Metrics.Modifier;
+const Command = @import("../Command.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.config);
 
@@ -819,6 +820,42 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Config) void {
     self.* = undefined;
 }
 
+/// Open the configuration in the OS default editor according to the default paths the main config file could be in:
+///
+///   1. XDG Config File
+///
+pub fn edit(alloc_gpa: Allocator) !void {
+    // default location
+    const config_path = try internal_os.xdg.config(alloc_gpa, .{ .subdir = "ghostty/config" });
+    defer alloc_gpa.free(config_path);
+
+    // Try to create file and go on if it already exists
+    _ = std.fs.createFileAbsolute(config_path, .{ .exclusive = true }) catch |err| {
+        switch (err) {
+            error.PathAlreadyExists => log.info("config file found at {s}", .{config_path}),
+            else => return err,
+        }
+    };
+
+    // TODO: maybe add editor config property to allow users to set the editor they want to use when opening a file.
+    const editor = try Command.expandPath(alloc_gpa, "open") orelse "/usr/bin/open"; // should always be found, but worse case we use a hardcoded absolute path.
+    defer alloc_gpa.free(editor);
+
+    // the command to run
+    const argv = [_][]const u8{ editor, config_path };
+
+    var proc = std.ChildProcess.init(&argv, alloc_gpa);
+    proc.stdin_behavior = .Ignore;
+    proc.stdout_behavior = .Ignore;
+    proc.stderr_behavior = .Ignore;
+
+    try proc.spawn();
+    log.info("started subcommand path={s} pid={?}", .{ editor, proc.id });
+
+    // the process only ends after this call returns.
+    if (try proc.wait() != std.ChildProcess.Term.Exited) return error.ExitError;
+}
+
 /// Load the configuration according to the default rules:
 ///
 ///   1. Defaults
@@ -1121,7 +1158,11 @@ pub fn default(alloc_gpa: Allocator) Allocator.Error!Config {
             .{ .key = .comma, .mods = .{ .super = true, .shift = true } },
             .{ .reload_config = {} },
         );
-
+        try result.keybind.set.put(
+            alloc,
+            .{ .key = .comma, .mods = .{ .super = true } },
+            .{ .open_config = {} },
+        );
         try result.keybind.set.put(
             alloc,
             .{ .key = .k, .mods = .{ .super = true } },
diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index 19bdcdc27..98279e17e 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     /// focused terminal.
     inspector: InspectorMode,
 
+    /// Open the configuration file in the default OS editor.
+    open_config: void,
+
     /// Reload the configuration. The exact meaning depends on the app runtime
     /// in use but this usually involves re-reading the configuration file
     /// and applying any changes. Note that not all changes can be applied at