diff --git a/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs b/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
index 76d0407..600e53a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ mod static_files;
 mod uninstall;
 mod update_updater;
 mod verify_path;
+mod view_folder;
 
 /// Expected incoming Request format from Hyper.
 pub type Request = hyper::server::Request;
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ impl Service for WebService {
             (Method::Get, "/api/exit") => exit::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Get, "/api/packages") => packages::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Get, "/api/installation-status") => installation_status::handle(self, req),
+            (Method::Get, "/api/view-local-folder") => view_folder::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/start-install") => install::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/uninstall") => uninstall::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/update-updater") => update_updater::handle(self, req),
diff --git a/src/frontend/rest/services/view_folder.rs b/src/frontend/rest/services/view_folder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cad0e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/rest/services/view_folder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//! frontend/rest/services/view_folder.rs
+//!
+//! The /api/view-local-folder returns whether the path exists or not.
+//! Side-effect: will open the folder in the default file manager if it exists.
+
+use super::default_future;
+use crate::frontend::rest::services::Future;
+use crate::frontend::rest::services::Request;
+use crate::frontend::rest::services::Response;
+use crate::frontend::rest::services::WebService;
+
+use hyper::header::{ContentLength, ContentType};
+
+use crate::logging::LoggingErrors;
+use crate::native::open_in_shell;
+
+pub fn handle(service: &WebService, _: Request) -> Future {
+    let framework = service.get_framework_read();
+    let mut response = false;
+    let path = framework.install_path.clone();
+    if let Some(path) = path {
+        response = true;
+        open_in_shell(path.as_path());
+    }
+
+    let file = serde_json::to_string(&response)
+        .log_expect("Failed to render JSON payload of installation status object");
+
+    default_future(
+        Response::new()
+            .with_header(ContentLength(file.len() as u64))
+            .with_header(ContentType::json())
+            .with_body(file),
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/native/mod.rs b/src/native/mod.rs
index 283bd27..246337b 100644
--- a/src/native/mod.rs
+++ b/src/native/mod.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ mod natives {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn open_in_shell(path: &Path) {
+        // TODO
+    }
+
     /// Cleans up the installer
     pub fn burn_on_exit(app_name: &str) {
         let current_exe = env::current_exe().log_expect("Current executable could not be found");
@@ -266,6 +270,8 @@ mod natives {
     use slug::slugify;
     use std::fs::{create_dir_all, File};
     use std::io::Write;
+    use std::path::Path;
+    use std::process::Command;
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     pub fn create_shortcut(
@@ -325,6 +331,19 @@ mod natives {
         Ok("".to_string())
     }
 
+    pub fn open_in_shell(path: &Path) {
+        let shell: &str;
+        if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+            shell = "xdg-open";
+        } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            shell = "open";
+        } else {
+            warn!("Unsupported platform");
+            return;
+        }
+        Command::new(shell).arg(path).spawn().ok();
+    }
+
     /// Cleans up the installer
     pub fn burn_on_exit(app_name: &str) {
         let current_exe = env::current_exe().log_expect("Current executable could not be found");
diff --git a/ui/src/views/ModifyView.vue b/ui/src/views/ModifyView.vue
index ebfad50..e2a4a66 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/ModifyView.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/ModifyView.vue
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ export default {
     uninstall: function () {
       this.$router.push('/install/uninstall')
     },
-    view_files: function () {}
+    view_files: function () {
+      this.$http.get('/api/view-local-folder')
+    }
   }
 }
 </script>