diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aaaf16e..9fb5543 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -785,6 +785,25 @@ 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 = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -947,6 +966,17 @@ version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "open"
+version = "5.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43bb73a7fa3799b198970490a51174027ba0d4ec504b03cd08caf513d40024bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-wsl",
+ "libc",
+ "pathdiff",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.73"
@@ -1000,6 +1030,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap-markdown",
  "ctrlc",
  "inquire",
+ "open",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1031,6 +1062,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[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"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e05b13..47ea091 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.38", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-markdown = "0.1.5"
 ctrlc = "3.4.7"
 inquire = "0.7.5"
+open = "5.3.3"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.20", features = ["blocking"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
diff --git a/src/bin/oseda.rs b/src/bin/oseda.rs
index a1f5cde..f942ac3 100644
--- a/src/bin/oseda.rs
+++ b/src/bin/oseda.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ use std::{error::Error, process};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use oseda_cli::{Cli, Commands, cmd::{
-    check,
-    deploy::{self},
-    init, run,
+    check, deploy::{self}, fork::{self}, init, run
 }};
 
 /// CLI entry point
@@ -14,18 +12,19 @@ fn main() {
     // match on every subcommand result
     let result: Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> = match cli.command {
         Commands::Init(options) => {
-            init::init(options).map(|_| println!("Successfully initialized oseda project"))
-        }
+                        init::init(options).map(|_| println!("Successfully initialized oseda project"))
+            }
         Commands::Run => run::run()
-            .map(|_| println!("Successfully ran oseda project"))
-            .map_err(|e| e.into()),
+                .map(|_| println!("Successfully ran oseda project"))
+                .map_err(|e| e.into()),
         Commands::Check(options) => check::check(options)
-            .map(|_| println!("Successfully checked oseda project"))
-            .map_err(|e| e.into()),
+                .map(|_| println!("Successfully checked oseda project"))
+                .map_err(|e| e.into()),
         Commands::Deploy(options) => deploy::deploy(options).map(|_| {
-            println!("Successfully deployed oseda project");
-            println!("See deployment instructions...");
-        }),
+                println!("Successfully deployed oseda project");
+                println!("See deployment instructions...");
+            }),
+        Commands::Fork => fork::fork(),
     };
 
     // little annoying, but makes the exit code match what users would expect
diff --git a/src/cmd/fork.rs b/src/cmd/fork.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a7ab17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/fork.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+
+
+pub fn fork() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+
+    let fork_url = "https://github.com/oseda-dev/oseda-lib/fork".to_owned();
+
+    open::that(fork_url.clone()).map_err(|_|{
+        format!("Please visit {fork_url} in a browser and fork the oseda-lib repository")
+    })?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/mod.rs b/src/cmd/mod.rs
index 6f9c725..845b48d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/mod.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pub mod check;
 pub mod deploy;
 pub mod init;
 pub mod run;
+pub mod fork;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2057e2c..8581194 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ pub enum Commands {
     Check(cmd::check::CheckOptions),
     /// Deploy your Oseda project to github to add to oseda.net
     Deploy(cmd::deploy::DeployOptions),
+    /// Fork the library repository to submit your course
+    Fork,
 }