diff --git a/command/repo.go b/command/repo.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e453d8b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/repo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(repoCmd)
+	repoCmd.AddCommand(repoViewCmd)
+}
+
+var repoCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "repo",
+	Short: "View repositories",
+	Long: `Work with GitHub repositories.
+
+A repository can be supplied as an argument in any of the following formats:
+- by owner/repo, e.g. "cli/cli"
+- by URL, e.g. "https://github.com/cli/cli"`,
+}
+
+var repoViewCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "view [{<owner/repo> | <url>}]",
+	Short: "View a repository in the browser",
+	Long: `View a repository specified by the argument in the browser.
+
+Without an argument, the repository that belongs to the current
+branch is opened.`,
+	RunE: repoView,
+}
+
+func repoView(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	ctx := contextForCommand(cmd)
+	baseRepo, err := determineBaseRepo(cmd, ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var openURL string
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		openURL = fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s", ghrepo.FullName(*baseRepo))
+	} else {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "http") {
+			openURL = args[0]
+		} else {
+			openURL = fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s", args[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Opening %s in your browser.\n", openURL)
+	return utils.OpenInBrowser(openURL)
+}
diff --git a/command/repo_test.go b/command/repo_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30da540b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/repo_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
+)
+
+func TestRepoView(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+	http.StubRepoResponse("OWNER", "REPO")
+
+	var seenCmd *exec.Cmd
+	restoreCmd := utils.SetPrepareCmd(func(cmd *exec.Cmd) utils.Runnable {
+		seenCmd = cmd
+		return &outputStub{}
+	})
+	defer restoreCmd()
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(repoViewCmd, "repo view")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `repo view`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	eq(t, output.String(), "")
+	eq(t, output.Stderr(), "Opening https://github.com/OWNER/REPO in your browser.\n")
+
+	if seenCmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a command to run")
+	}
+	url := seenCmd.Args[len(seenCmd.Args)-1]
+	eq(t, url, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO")
+}
+
+func TestRepoView_ownerRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+	http.StubRepoResponse("OWNER", "REPO")
+
+	var seenCmd *exec.Cmd
+	restoreCmd := utils.SetPrepareCmd(func(cmd *exec.Cmd) utils.Runnable {
+		seenCmd = cmd
+		return &outputStub{}
+	})
+	defer restoreCmd()
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(repoViewCmd, "repo view cli/cli")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `repo view`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	eq(t, output.String(), "")
+	eq(t, output.Stderr(), "Opening https://github.com/cli/cli in your browser.\n")
+
+	if seenCmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a command to run")
+	}
+	url := seenCmd.Args[len(seenCmd.Args)-1]
+	eq(t, url, "https://github.com/cli/cli")
+}
+
+func TestRepoView_fullURL(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+	http.StubRepoResponse("OWNER", "REPO")
+
+	var seenCmd *exec.Cmd
+	restoreCmd := utils.SetPrepareCmd(func(cmd *exec.Cmd) utils.Runnable {
+		seenCmd = cmd
+		return &outputStub{}
+	})
+	defer restoreCmd()
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(repoViewCmd, "repo view https://github.com/cli/cli")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `repo view`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	eq(t, output.String(), "")
+	eq(t, output.Stderr(), "Opening https://github.com/cli/cli in your browser.\n")
+
+	if seenCmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a command to run")
+	}
+	url := seenCmd.Args[len(seenCmd.Args)-1]
+	eq(t, url, "https://github.com/cli/cli")
+}