diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdceb2056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package browse
+
+import (
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
+	cmdView "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/browse/view"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "issue <command>",
+		Short: "",
+		Long:  `Open GitHub in the browser`,
+		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
+			$ gh browse issue "217"
+			$ gh browse file "src/main.java"
+			$ gh browse branch "master"
+		`),
+		Annotations: map[string]string{
+			"IsCore": "true", // what is this?
+			"help:arguments": heredoc.Doc(`
+				Branch names, pr numbers, issue numbers, and file paths
+				can be supplied as arguments in the following formats:
+		 		- by number, e.g. “123”; or
+		 		- by description, e.g. “index.js”
+		 
+			`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmdutil.EnableRepoOverride(cmd, f) // what is this?
+
+	cmd.AddCommand(cmdView.NewCmdView(f, nil))
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view.go
index e69de29bb..86308f2b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package view
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type browser interface {
+	Browse(string) error
+}
+
+type ViewOptions struct {
+	HttpClient func() (*http.Client, error)
+	IO         *iostreams.IOStreams
+	BaseRepo   func() (ghrepo.Interface, error)
+	Browser    browser
+
+	SelectorArg string
+	WebMode     bool
+	Comments    bool
+	Exporter    cmdutil.Exporter
+
+	Now func() time.Time
+}
+
+func NewCmdView(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ViewOptions) error) *cobra.Command {
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "view",
+		Short: "View in browser",
+		Long: heredoc.Doc(`
+			Open the repository page in the browser
+		`),
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		// RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		// 	// support `-R, --repo` override
+		// 	opts.BaseRepo = f.BaseRepo
+
+		// 	if len(args) > 0 {
+		// 		opts.SelectorArg = args[0]
+		// 	}
+
+		// 	if runF != nil {
+		// 		return runF(opts)
+		// 	}
+		// 	return viewRun(opts)
+		// },
+	}
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view_test.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view_test.go
index e69de29bb..ef1189a10 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/view/view_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package view
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root/root.go b/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
index b60d16012..6c4d1a0de 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	aliasCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/alias"
 	apiCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/api"
 	authCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/auth"
+	browseCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/browse"
 	completionCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/completion"
 	configCmd "github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/config"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/factory"
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func NewCmdRoot(f *cmdutil.Factory, version, buildDate string) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(actionsCmd.NewCmdActions(f))
 	cmd.AddCommand(aliasCmd.NewCmdAlias(f))
 	cmd.AddCommand(authCmd.NewCmdAuth(f))
+	cmd.AddCommand(browseCmd.NewCmdBrowse(f))
 	cmd.AddCommand(configCmd.NewCmdConfig(f))
 	cmd.AddCommand(creditsCmd.NewCmdCredits(f, nil))
 	cmd.AddCommand(gistCmd.NewCmdGist(f))