diff --git a/src/Models/ExternalMergeTools.cs b/src/Models/ExternalMergeTools.cs
index 5fb4300b..6efd6471 100644
--- a/src/Models/ExternalMergeTools.cs
+++ b/src/Models/ExternalMergeTools.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models {
                     new ExternalMergeTools(3, "KDiff3", "/Applications/kdiff3.app/Contents/MacOS/kdiff3", "\"$REMOTE\" -b \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" -o \"$MERGED\"", "\"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""),
                     new ExternalMergeTools(4, "Beyond Compare 4", "/Applications/Beyond Compare.app/Contents/MacOS/bcomp", "\"$REMOTE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$BASE\" \"$MERGED\"", "\"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""),
                 };
+            } else if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux()) {
+                Supported = new List<ExternalMergeTools>() {
+                    new ExternalMergeTools(0, "Custom", "", "", ""),
+                    new ExternalMergeTools(1, "Visual Studio Code", "/usr/share/code/code", "-n --wait \"$MERGED\"", "-n --wait --diff \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""),
+                    new ExternalMergeTools(2, "KDiff3", "/usr/bin/kdiff3", "\"$REMOTE\" -b \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" -o \"$MERGED\"", "\"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""),
+                    new ExternalMergeTools(3, "Beyond Compare 4", "/usr/bin/bcomp", "\"$REMOTE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$BASE\" \"$MERGED\"", "\"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""),
+                };
+            } else {
+                Supported = new List<ExternalMergeTools>() {
+                    new ExternalMergeTools(0, "Custom", "", "", ""),
+                };
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Native/Linux.cs b/src/Native/Linux.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009bed42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Native/Linux.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+
+namespace SourceGit.Native {
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("linux")]
+    internal class Linux : OS.IBackend {
+        public string FindGitExecutable() {
+            if (File.Exists("/usr/bin/git")) return "/usr/bin/git";
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public string FindVSCode() {
+            if (File.Exists("/usr/share/code/code")) return "/usr/share/code/code";
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public void OpenBrowser(string url) {
+            if (!File.Exists("/usr/bin/xdg-open")) {
+                App.RaiseException("", $"You should install xdg-open first!");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Process.Start("xdg-open", $"\"{url}\"");
+        }
+
+        public void OpenInFileManager(string path, bool select) {
+            if (!File.Exists("/usr/bin/xdg-open")) {
+                App.RaiseException("", $"You should install xdg-open first!");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (Directory.Exists(path)) {
+                Process.Start("xdg-open", $"\"{path}\"");
+            } else {
+                var dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
+                if (Directory.Exists(dir)) {
+                    Process.Start("xdg-open", $"\"{dir}\"");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void OpenTerminal(string workdir) {
+            var dir = string.IsNullOrEmpty(workdir) ? "~" : workdir;
+            if (File.Exists("/usr/bin/gnome-ternimal")) {
+                Process.Start("/usr/bin/gnome-ternimal", $"--working-directory=\"{dir}\"");
+            } else if (File.Exists("/usr/bin/konsole")) {
+                Process.Start("/usr/bin/konsole", $"--workdir \"{dir}\"");
+            } else if (File.Exists("/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal")) {
+                Process.Start("/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal", $"--working-directory=\"{dir}\"");
+            } else {
+                App.RaiseException("", $"Only supports gnome-ternimal/konsole/xfce4-terminal!");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void OpenWithDefaultEditor(string file) {
+            if (!File.Exists("/usr/bin/xdg-open")) {
+                App.RaiseException("", $"You should install xdg-open first!");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var proc = Process.Start("xdg-open", $"\"{file}\"");
+            proc.WaitForExit();
+
+            if (proc.ExitCode != 0) {
+                App.RaiseException("", $"Failed to open \"{file}\"");
+            }
+
+            proc.Close();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Native/OS.cs b/src/Native/OS.cs
index 7af3ef48..c73c7eb3 100644
--- a/src/Native/OS.cs
+++ b/src/Native/OS.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
 
 namespace SourceGit.Native {
     public static class OS {
@@ -31,6 +30,9 @@ namespace SourceGit.Native {
             } else if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) {
                 _backend = new Windows();
                 VSCodeExecutableFile = _backend.FindVSCode();
+            } else if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux()) {
+                _backend = new Linux();
+                VSCodeExecutableFile = _backend.FindVSCode();
             } else {
                 throw new Exception("Platform unsupported!!!");
             }