diff --git a/configs/applications/sxmo-mpv-music.desktop b/configs/applications/sxmo-mpv-music.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..febe0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/applications/sxmo-mpv-music.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=mpv Music Player
+Exec=mpv -ao=alsa --vid=no -v
+Terminal=true
+Type=Application
+MimeType=audio/wav;audio/opus;audio/m4a;audio/flac;audio/mp3
diff --git a/configs/applications/sxmo-sxiv.desktop b/configs/applications/sxmo-sxiv.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..352bc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/applications/sxmo-sxiv.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=sxiv Image Viewer
+Exec=sxiv
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=image/jpeg;image/png;image/gif
diff --git a/configs/applications/sxmo-zathura.desktop b/configs/applications/sxmo-zathura.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f425c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/applications/sxmo-zathura.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Zathura
+Exec=zathura
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-rar;application/epub+zip
diff --git a/scripts/appscripts/sxmo_files.sh b/scripts/appscripts/sxmo_files.sh
index 280f4b9..70df743 100755
--- a/scripts/appscripts/sxmo_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/appscripts/sxmo_files.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@ DIR="$1"
 [ -z "$DIR" ] && DIR="/home/$USER/"
 cd "$DIR" || exit 1
 
-handlefiles() {
-	if echo "$1" | grep -iE ".(webm|ogg|mp4|mov|avi|mkv)$"; then
-		st -e mpv -ao=alsa "$@"
-	elif echo "$1" | grep -iE ".(wav|opus|m4a|flac|mp3)$"; then
-		st -e mpv -ao=alsa --vid=no -v "$@"
-	elif echo "$1" | grep -iE ".(jpg|png|gif)$"; then
-		st -e sxiv "$@"
-	else
-		st -e sh -ic "$EDITOR $*"
-	fi
-}
-
 while true; do
 	CHOICES="$(printf %b 'Close Menu\n../\n*\n'"$(ls -1p)")"
 	DIR="$(basename "$(pwd)")"
@@ -31,6 +19,6 @@ while true; do
 
 	echo "$PICKED" | grep "Close Menu" && exit 0
 	[ -d "$PICKED" ] && cd "$PICKED" && continue
-	echo "$PICKED" | grep -E '^[*]$' && handlefiles ./*
-	[ -f "$PICKED" ] && handlefiles "$PICKED"
+	echo "$PICKED" | grep -E '^[*]$' && sxmo_open.sh -a ./*
+	[ -f "$PICKED" ] && sxmo_open.sh -a "$PICKED"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/core/sxmo_open.sh b/scripts/core/sxmo_open.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe29a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/core/sxmo_open.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+MIMEAPPS="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mimeapps.list"
+DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/desktops.mimeapps.list"
+DESKTOP_DIRS="/usr/share/sxmo/applications/|/usr/share/applications/|/usr/local/share/applications/|${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/applications/"
+attached=
+debug=
+TERMCMD="${TERMCMD:-st -e}"
+
+# This will convert a mimeapps.list to a parsable mapping
+# Lines with multiple mimetype will be splitted
+# The mapping format is something as
+# added;image/jpeg;bar.desktop
+# added;image/jpeg;baz.desktop
+# added;video/H264;bar.desktop
+# default;image/jpeg;foo.desktop
+# removed;video/H264;baz.desktop
+mimeapps_to_desktop_mapping() {
+	[ ! -f "$1" ] && return
+	awk '
+		/^\[Default Applications\]$/ { kind = "default" }
+		/^\[Added Associations\]$/ { kind = "added" }
+		/^\[Removed Associations\]$/ { kind = "removed" }
+		/=/ {
+			split($0, mime_desktops, "=")
+			split(mime_desktops[2], desktops, ";")
+
+			for ( key in desktops ) {
+				print kind ";" mime_desktops[1] ";" desktops[key]
+			}
+		}
+	' "$1"
+}
+
+# This will generate the added mapping from all destkop entries in a dir
+get_mimeapps_entries_from_desktop_dir() {
+	for desktop_path in "$1"/*.desktop; do
+		grep --include "*.desktop" '^MimeType=' "$desktop_path" \
+		| tr ';' '\n' \
+		| cut -d= -f2 \
+		| xargs -i{} printf "%s=%s\n" "{}" "$(basename "$desktop_path")"
+	done
+}
+
+# Build and save the desktop mimeapps mapping if necessary
+prepare_desktop_mimeapps_mapping_cache() {
+	last_desktop_modif_date="$(printf %s "$DESKTOP_DIRS" | tr '|' '\n' | while read -r desktop_dir; do
+		for desktop_file in "$desktop_dir"/*.desktop; do
+			stat -c %Y "$desktop_file"
+		done
+	done | sort -r | head -n1)"
+
+	if [ -r "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS" ]; then
+		desktop_cache_modif_date="$(stat -c %Y "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS")"
+		if [ "$last_desktop_modif_date" -gt "$desktop_cache_modif_date" ]; then
+			rm "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -r "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS" ]; then
+		IFS='|'
+		echo "[Added Associations]" > "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS"
+		for desktop_dir in $DESKTOP_DIRS; do
+			get_mimeapps_entries_from_desktop_dir "$desktop_dir"
+		done >> "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS"
+	fi
+}
+
+find_desktop_path() {
+	desktop_name="$1"
+
+	IFS='|'
+	for desktop_dir in $DESKTOP_DIRS; do
+		if [ -r "$desktop_dir/$desktop_name" ]; then
+			realpath "$desktop_dir/$desktop_name"
+			return
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# This will take the full maping and simplify it which means
+# * strip added entries with removed ones
+# * put default entries first
+# * remove duplicates lines
+# following this format
+# image/jpeg;foo.desktop
+# image/jpeg;bar.desktop
+# image/jpeg;baz.desktop
+simplify_mapping() {
+	awk '
+		function contains(array, value) {
+			for (key in array) {
+				if (array[key] == value)
+					return 1
+			}
+			return 0
+		}
+
+		/^$/ {next}
+
+		/^default;/ { kind = "default" }
+		/^added;/ { kind = "added" }
+		/^removed;/ { kind = "removed" }
+
+		{ gsub(kind ";", "", $0) }
+
+		kind == "default" { default_entries[NR]=$0 }
+		kind == "added" { added_entries[NR]=$0 }
+		kind == "removed" { removed_entries[NR]=$0 }
+
+		END {
+			for (key in default_entries) {
+				print default_entries[key]
+			}
+			for (key in added_entries) {
+				entry = added_entries[key]
+				if (contains(removed_entries, entry)) { continue }
+				if (contains(default_entries, entry)) { continue }
+				print entry
+			}
+		}
+	' /dev/stdin
+}
+
+get_mimeapps_mapping() {
+	prepare_desktop_mimeapps_mapping_cache
+
+	printf '%s\n%s' \
+		"$(mimeapps_to_desktop_mapping "$MIMEAPPS")" \
+		"$(mimeapps_to_desktop_mapping "$DESKTOPS_CACHED_MIMEAPPS")" \
+		| simplify_mapping
+}
+
+filter_matching_desktops() {
+	mime_type="$1"
+
+	grep "^$mime_type;" /dev/stdin \
+		| cut -d";" -f2
+}
+
+curl_mime_type() {
+	curl --head -fsw '%{content_type}' "$1" | tail -n1 | sed 's|;.*||'
+}
+
+extension_mime_type() {
+	[ ! -r "/etc/mime.types" ] && return # require mailcap
+
+	ext="${1##*.}"
+	grep "\t.*$ext" /etc/mime.types | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+
+get_mime_type() {
+	# Seems like an x-scheme
+	if echo "$1" | grep -q '^.\+:'; then
+		if echo "$1" | grep -q '^https\?:'; then
+			mime_type="$(curl_mime_type "$1")"
+		fi
+
+		[ -z "$mime_type" ] && mime_type="x-scheme-handler/$(echo "$1" | grep -o '^\w\+')"
+	else
+		# is readable
+		if [ -r "$1" ]; then
+			mime_type="$(file -b --mime-type "$1")"
+		else
+			echo "This file does not exists?" > /dev/stderr
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# we try to be more precise then
+	if [ "application/octet-stream" = "$mime_type" ]; then
+		new_mime_type="$(extension_mime_type "$1")"
+		[ -n "$new_mime_type" ] && mime_type="$new_mime_type"
+	elif [ "inode/symlink" = "$mime_type" ]; then
+		real_path="$(realpath "$1")"
+		mime_type="$(get_mime_type "$real_path")"
+	fi
+
+	echo "$mime_type"
+}
+
+execute() {
+	if [ -n "$debug" ]; then
+		echo "The final command to execute is:" > /dev/stderr
+		echo "$@" > /dev/stderr
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	eval "$@"
+}
+
+fetch_file() {
+	if [ -n "$debug" ]; then
+		echo "The file would be downloaded with '$*'" > /dev/stderr
+		return
+	fi
+
+	eval "$@"
+}
+
+build_command() {
+	exec="$1"
+	shift
+
+	IFS="
+"
+	file_paths="$*"
+	unset IFS
+
+	if echo "$exec" | grep -q '%f\|%F'; then # We must retrieve distant files
+		file_paths="$(
+			echo "$file_paths" | while read -r file_path; do
+				local_file_path="$(mktemp --suffix=".$(basename "$file_path")")"
+				if echo "$file_path" | grep -q '^https\?://'; then
+					fetch_file curl -so "$local_file_path" "$file_path"
+				else
+					echo "$file_path"
+					continue
+				fi
+				echo "$local_file_path"
+			done
+		)"
+		exec="$(echo "$exec" | sed -e 's|%f|%u|' -e 's|%F|%U|')"
+	fi
+
+	file_paths="$(echo "$file_paths" | awk '{print "\"" $0 "\""}')"
+
+	command=
+	if echo "$exec" | grep -q '%u'; then # handle url file one by one
+		exec="$(echo "$exec" | sed 's|%u|"%s"|')"
+		if [ "true" = "$terminal" ]; then
+			command="$(echo "$file_paths" | xargs printf "$TERMCMD $exec & " | sed 's| $||')"
+		else
+			command="$(echo "$file_paths" | xargs printf "$exec & " | sed -e 's|^ ||' -e 's| $||')"
+		fi
+	elif echo "$exec" | grep -q '%U'; then # handle url file grouped
+		exec_before="$(echo "$exec" | awk -F' %U' '{print $1}')"
+		exec_after="$(echo "$exec" | awk -F'%U ' '{$1=""; print $0}')"
+		command="$exec_before $(echo "$file_paths" | xargs printf '"%s" ')${exec_after:+ $exec_after }&"
+		if [ "true" = "$terminal" ]; then
+			command="$TERMCMD $command"
+		fi
+	else
+		command="$exec $(echo "$file_paths" | xargs printf '"%s" ')&"
+		if [ "true" = "$terminal" ]; then
+			command="$TERMCMD $command"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	echo "$command"
+}
+
+run_desktop() {
+	desktop="$1"
+	shift
+
+	desktop_path="$(find_desktop_path "$desktop")"
+	if [ -z "$desktop_path" ]; then
+		echo "We can't find the desktop file \"$desktop\"" > /dev/stderr
+		return
+	fi
+
+	desktop_content="$(cat "$desktop_path")"
+	exec="$(echo "$desktop_content" | grep '^Exec=' | sed 's|^Exec=||' | head -n1)"
+	terminal="$(echo "$desktop_content" | grep '^Terminal=' | cut -d= -f2)"
+	[ -z "$terminal" ] && terminal="false"
+
+	command="$(build_command "$exec" "$@")"
+
+	if [ -n "$attached" ]; then
+		command="$(echo "$command" | sed 's| &|;|g')"
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "$debug" ]; then
+		echo "Exec is \"$exec\"" > /dev/stderr
+		echo "Terminal is \"$terminal\"" > /dev/stderr
+		echo "Command is \"$command\"" > /dev/stderr
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	eval "$command"
+
+	exit 0
+}
+
+run() {
+	mime_type="$(get_mime_type "$1")"
+
+	if [ -z "$mime_type" ]; then
+		echo "We failed to find the mime_type for \"$1\"" > /dev/stderr
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	desktops="$(get_mimeapps_mapping | filter_matching_desktops "$mime_type")"
+
+	if [ -n "$debug" ]; then
+		echo "The mime type is \"$mime_type\"" > /dev/stderr
+		echo "The matching desktops are:" > /dev/stderr
+		echo "$desktops" > /dev/stderr
+	fi
+
+	if [ -z "$desktops" ]; then
+		echo "There is no matching desktop to open \"$mime_type\"" > /dev/stderr
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "$desktops" | while read -r desktop; do
+		run_desktop "$desktop" "$@"
+	done
+}
+
+if [ "-d" = "$1" ]; then
+	debug="1"
+	shift
+fi
+
+if [ "-a" = "$1" ]; then
+	attached="1"
+	shift
+fi
+
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	run "$@"
+fi