diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index c56c9791c02..33d8697ca3e 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -4396,7 +4396,28 @@ fn processLinks(self: *Surface, pos: apprt.CursorPos) !bool {
             const resolved_path = try self.resolvePathForOpening(str);
             defer if (resolved_path) |p| self.alloc.free(p);
 
-            const url_to_open = resolved_path orelse str;
+            // Compilers and tools commonly suffix file paths with
+            // `:line[:col]` (e.g. `src/main.zig:42:10`). If the text
+            // as-is doesn't resolve to a real file but the path with
+            // the suffix stripped does, open the stripped path so that
+            // the click does something useful instead of silently
+            // failing. Exact matches above take precedence so that
+            // files whose names actually contain a numeric suffix
+            // still open correctly.
+            const stripped_path: ?[]const u8 = stripped: {
+                if (resolved_path != null) break :stripped null;
+                const parsed = input.Link.parseFilePath(str);
+                if (parsed.line == null) break :stripped null;
+                if (std.fs.path.isAbsolute(parsed.path)) {
+                    std.fs.accessAbsolute(parsed.path, .{}) catch
+                        break :stripped null;
+                    break :stripped try self.alloc.dupe(u8, parsed.path);
+                }
+                break :stripped try self.resolvePathForOpening(parsed.path);
+            };
+            defer if (stripped_path) |p| self.alloc.free(p);
+
+            const url_to_open = resolved_path orelse stripped_path orelse str;
             try self.openUrl(.{ .kind = .unknown, .url = url_to_open });
         },
 
diff --git a/src/input/Link.zig b/src/input/Link.zig
index 37b45dbd1e8..f6a074d94d8 100644
--- a/src/input/Link.zig
+++ b/src/input/Link.zig
@@ -51,6 +51,73 @@ pub const Highlight = union(enum) {
     hover_mods: Mods,
 };
 
+/// The result of parsing a matched link string for a trailing
+/// `:line[:col]` suffix, e.g. `src/main.zig:42:10`.
+pub const ParsedFilePath = struct {
+    path: []const u8,
+    line: ?[]const u8 = null,
+    col: ?[]const u8 = null,
+};
+
+/// Parse a trailing `:line[:col]` suffix from a matched link string.
+/// The numeric components are returned as substrings of the input;
+/// they are validated to be all digits but not range-checked.
+pub fn parseFilePath(str: []const u8) ParsedFilePath {
+    var result: ParsedFilePath = .{ .path = str };
+    for (0..2) |_| {
+        const idx = std.mem.lastIndexOfScalar(u8, result.path, ':') orelse break;
+        const seg = result.path[idx + 1 ..];
+        if (!allDigits(seg)) break;
+        result.col = result.line;
+        result.line = seg;
+        result.path = result.path[0..idx];
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+fn allDigits(s: []const u8) bool {
+    if (s.len == 0) return false;
+    for (s) |c| if (!std.ascii.isDigit(c)) return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+test "parseFilePath" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    {
+        const p = parseFilePath("src/main.zig");
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("src/main.zig", p.path);
+        try testing.expect(p.line == null);
+        try testing.expect(p.col == null);
+    }
+    {
+        const p = parseFilePath("src/main.zig:42");
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("src/main.zig", p.path);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("42", p.line.?);
+        try testing.expect(p.col == null);
+    }
+    {
+        const p = parseFilePath("/abs/path/main.zig:42:10");
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("/abs/path/main.zig", p.path);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("42", p.line.?);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("10", p.col.?);
+    }
+    {
+        // Numeric suffix segments are parsed even for non-path strings;
+        // callers are expected to validate the path on disk.
+        const p = parseFilePath("magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1234567890");
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("magnet:?xt=urn:btih", p.path);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("1234567890", p.line.?);
+        try testing.expect(p.col == null);
+    }
+    {
+        const p = parseFilePath("foo:bar");
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("foo:bar", p.path);
+        try testing.expect(p.line == null);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Returns a new oni.Regex that can be used to match the link.
 pub fn oniRegex(self: *const Link) !oni.Regex {
     return try oni.Regex.init(