diff --git a/.changeset/ripe-olives-decide.md b/.changeset/ripe-olives-decide.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1d3a3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ripe-olives-decide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/devtools-vite': patch
+---
+
+improve open-source by using a 3rd party package
diff --git a/docs/vite-plugin.md b/docs/vite-plugin.md
index 092fa840..cc248e27 100644
--- a/docs/vite-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/vite-plugin.md
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ export default {
 
 ### editor
  
-> [!IMPORTANT] `editor` is only needed for editors that are NOT VS Code, by default this works OOTB with VS Code. If you don't have `code` available in your terminal you need to set it up though, if you don't know how to do that you can follow this guide: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29955500/code-is-not-working-in-on-the-command-line-for-visual-studio-code-on-os-x-ma
- 
+> [!IMPORTANT] `editor` is used as an escape hatch to implement your own go-to-source functionality if your system/editor does not work OOTB. We use `launch-editor` under the hood which supports a lot of editors but not all. If your editor is not supported you can implement your own version here. Here is the list of supported editors: https://github.com/yyx990803/launch-editor?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-editors
 
 The open in editor configuration which has two fields, `name` and `open`,
 `name` is the name of your editor, and `open` is a function that opens the editor with the given file and line number. You can implement your version for your editor as follows:
diff --git a/packages/devtools-vite/package.json b/packages/devtools-vite/package.json
index 5c90b56e..a45e3748 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools-vite/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     "@babel/traverse": "^7.28.3",
     "@babel/types": "^7.28.2",
     "@tanstack/devtools-event-bus": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^5.6.0"
+    "chalk": "^5.6.0",
+    "launch-editor": "^2.11.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.20.5",
diff --git a/packages/devtools-vite/src/editor.ts b/packages/devtools-vite/src/editor.ts
index 17ac6800..c7eee57d 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-vite/src/editor.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-vite/src/editor.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ export type EditorConfig = {
 export const DEFAULT_EDITOR_CONFIG: EditorConfig = {
   name: 'VSCode',
   open: async (path, lineNumber, columnNumber) => {
-    const { exec } = await import('node:child_process')
-    exec(
-      `code -g "${path.replaceAll('$', '\\$')}${lineNumber ? `:${lineNumber}` : ''}${columnNumber ? `:${columnNumber}` : ''}"`,
+    const launch = (await import('launch-editor')).default
+    launch(
+      `${path.replaceAll('$', '\\$')}${lineNumber ? `:${lineNumber}` : ''}${columnNumber ? `:${columnNumber}` : ''}`,
+      undefined,
+      (filename, err) => {
+        console.warn(`Failed to open ${filename} in editor: ${err}`)
+      },
     )
   },
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 35f9ff3f..d806bcd7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.2.4
         version: 4.2.4
 
+  examples/react/start/generated/prisma: {}
+
   examples/react/time-travel:
     dependencies:
       '@tanstack/devtools-event-client':
@@ -524,6 +526,9 @@ importers:
       chalk:
         specifier: ^5.6.0
         version: 5.6.0
+      launch-editor:
+        specifier: ^2.11.1
+        version: 2.11.1
       vite:
         specifier: ^7.0.0
         version: 7.0.6(@types/node@22.15.2)(jiti@2.5.1)(lightningcss@1.30.1)(terser@5.43.1)(tsx@4.20.3)(yaml@2.8.0)
@@ -5193,6 +5198,9 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
     hasBin: true
 
+  launch-editor@2.11.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-SEET7oNfgSaB6Ym0jufAdCeo3meJVeCaaDyzRygy0xsp2BFKCprcfHljTq4QkzTLUxEKkFK6OK4811YM2oSrRg==}
+
   lazystream@1.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-b94GiNHQNy6JNTrt5w6zNyffMrNkXZb3KTkCZJb2V1xaEGCk093vkZ2jk3tpaeP33/OiXC+WvK9AxUebnf5nbw==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.6.3'}
@@ -6347,6 +6355,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-7++dFhtcx3353uBaq8DDR4NuxBetBzC7ZQOhmTQInHEd6bSrXdiEyzCvG07Z44UYdLShWUyXt5M/yhz8ekcb1A==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
 
+  shell-quote@1.8.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ObmnIF4hXNg1BqhnHmgbDETF8dLPCggZWBjkQfhZpbszZnYur5DUljTcCHii5LC3J5E0yeO/1LIMyH+UvHQgyw==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 0.4'}
+
   sherif-darwin-arm64@1.5.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-4BYYCEXVJ8+xqfnntxnyGcwgByjrHSeKOitPYdBPMB3aauptC4GUMeVqXRXf5JNbx3lRKg8bZdoq0QPnbsr6BQ==}
     cpu: [arm64]
@@ -12832,6 +12844,11 @@ snapshots:
       dotenv: 16.6.1
       winston: 3.17.0
 
+  launch-editor@2.11.1:
+    dependencies:
+      picocolors: 1.1.1
+      shell-quote: 1.8.3
+
   lazystream@1.0.1:
     dependencies:
       readable-stream: 2.3.8
@@ -14181,6 +14198,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   shebang-regex@3.0.0: {}
 
+  shell-quote@1.8.3: {}
+
   sherif-darwin-arm64@1.5.0:
     optional: true