diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor/output/MarimoTracebackOutput.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor/output/MarimoTracebackOutput.tsx
index ff2a8e1fa53..0d65d2d9bd8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor/output/MarimoTracebackOutput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor/output/MarimoTracebackOutput.tsx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const MarimoTracebackOutput = ({
             Fix with AI
           </Button>
         )}
-        {tracebackInfo && !isWasm() && (
+        {tracebackInfo && tracebackInfo.kind === "cell" && !isWasm() && (
           <Tooltip content={"Attach pdb to the exception point."}>
             <Button
               size="xs"
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function lastLine(text: string): string {
 
 export const replaceTracebackFilenames = (domNode: DOMNode) => {
   const info = getTracebackInfo(domNode);
-  if (info) {
+  if (info?.kind === "cell") {
     const tooltipContent = <InsertBreakpointContent />;
     return (
       <span className="nb">
@@ -211,6 +211,21 @@ export const replaceTracebackFilenames = (domNode: DOMNode) => {
       </span>
     );
   }
+  if (info?.kind === "file") {
+    return (
+      <div
+        className="inline-block cursor-pointer text-destructive hover:underline"
+        onClick={(_) => {
+          getRequestClient().openFile({
+            path: info.filePath,
+            lineNumber: info.lineNumber,
+          });
+        }}
+      >
+        <span className="nb">"{info.filePath}"</span>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 };
 
 export const replaceTracebackPrefix = (domNode: DOMNode) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/codemirror/cells/traceback-decorations.ts b/frontend/src/core/codemirror/cells/traceback-decorations.ts
index 1191005ecda..ebaf2f841ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/core/codemirror/cells/traceback-decorations.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/core/codemirror/cells/traceback-decorations.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function createErrorDecorations(state: EditorState, errors: TracebackInfos) {
 
   // Filter and sort errors by line number to ensure they're added in order
   const relevantErrors = errors
-    .filter((error) => error.cellId === cellId)
+    .filter((error) => error.kind === "cell" && error.cellId === cellId)
     .sort((a, b) => a.lineNumber - b.lineNumber);
 
   for (const error of relevantErrors) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/network/types.ts b/frontend/src/core/network/types.ts
index 42a563e9861..f5f76837114 100644
--- a/frontend/src/core/network/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/core/network/types.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export interface EditRequests {
     request: PreviewDataSourceConnectionRequest,
   ) => Promise<null>;
   validateSQL: (request: ValidateSQLRequest) => Promise<null>;
-  openFile: (request: { path: string }) => Promise<null>;
+  openFile: (request: { path: string; lineNumber?: number }) => Promise<null>;
   getUsageStats: () => Promise<UsageResponse>;
   // Debugger
   sendPdb: (request: PdbRequest) => Promise<null>;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/__tests__/traceback.test.ts b/frontend/src/utils/__tests__/traceback.test.ts
index 03781792145..a163366f99f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/__tests__/traceback.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/__tests__/traceback.test.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ import { extractAllTracebackInfo } from "../traceback";
 describe("traceback", () => {
   test("extracts cell-link", () => {
     const errors = extractAllTracebackInfo(Tracebacks.raw);
-    expect(errors).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    expect(
+      errors[0].kind === "file" &&
+        errors[0].filePath.endsWith("marimo/_runtime/executor.py"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(errors.slice(1)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         {
           "cellId": "Hbol",
+          "kind": "cell",
           "lineNumber": 4,
         },
         {
           "cellId": "Hbol",
+          "kind": "cell",
           "lineNumber": 2,
         },
       ]
@@ -22,10 +28,15 @@ describe("traceback", () => {
 
   test("extracts cell-link from assertion", () => {
     const info = extractAllTracebackInfo(Tracebacks.assertion);
-    expect(info).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    expect(
+      info[0].kind === "file" &&
+        info[0].filePath.endsWith("marimo/_runtime/executor.py"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(info.slice(1)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         {
           "cellId": "Hbol",
+          "kind": "cell",
           "lineNumber": 1,
         },
       ]
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/traceback.ts b/frontend/src/utils/traceback.ts
index 6e159820211..65433143089 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/traceback.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/traceback.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,38 @@ export const elementContainsMarimoCellFile = (domNode: Element) => {
   );
 };
 
-export interface TracebackInfo {
-  cellId: CellId;
-  lineNumber: number;
-}
+export type TracebackInfo =
+  | {
+      kind: "file";
+      filePath: string;
+      lineNumber: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "cell";
+      cellId: CellId;
+      lineNumber: number;
+    };
 
 /**
  * Extract the cell id and line number from a traceback DOM node.
+ *
+ * Example transformation:
+ *
+ *   File <span class="nb">"/tmp/marimo_<number>/__marimo__cell_<CellId>.py"</span>
+ *   , line <span class="n">1</span>...
+ *
+ *   becomes
+ *
+ *   { kind: "cell", cellId: <CellID>, lineNumber: 1 }
+ *
+ *   or for files:
+ *
+ *   File <span class="nb">"/path/to/file.py"</span>
+ *   , line <span class="n">42</span>...
+ *
+ *   becomes
+ *
+ *   { kind: "file", filePath: "/path/to/file.py", lineNumber: 42 }
  */
 export function getTracebackInfo(domNode: DOMNode): TracebackInfo | null {
   // The traceback can be manipulated either in output render or in the pygments
@@ -57,7 +82,7 @@ export function getTracebackInfo(domNode: DOMNode): TracebackInfo | null {
   if (
     domNode instanceof Element &&
     domNode.firstChild instanceof Text &&
-    elementContainsMarimoCellFile(domNode)
+    matchesSelector(domNode, "span.nb")
   ) {
     const nextSibling = domNode.next;
     if (nextSibling && nextSibling instanceof Text) {
@@ -68,15 +93,22 @@ export function getTracebackInfo(domNode: DOMNode): TracebackInfo | null {
         lineSibling.firstChild instanceof Text &&
         matchesSelector(lineSibling, "span.m")
       ) {
-        const cellId = /__marimo__cell_(\w+)_/.exec(
-          domNode.firstChild.nodeValue,
-        )?.[1];
         const lineNumber = Number.parseInt(
           lineSibling.firstChild.nodeValue || "0",
           10,
         );
-        if (cellId && lineNumber) {
-          return { cellId: cellId as CellId, lineNumber };
+        if (domNode.firstChild.nodeValue?.includes("__marimo__")) {
+          const cellId = /__marimo__cell_(\w+)_/.exec(
+            domNode.firstChild.nodeValue,
+          )?.[1] as CellId;
+          if (cellId && lineNumber) {
+            return { kind: "cell", cellId, lineNumber };
+          }
+        } else {
+          const filePath = /"(.+?)"/.exec(domNode.firstChild.nodeValue)?.[1];
+          if (filePath && lineNumber) {
+            return { kind: "file", filePath, lineNumber };
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -93,11 +125,8 @@ export function extractAllTracebackInfo(traceback: string): TracebackInfo[] {
     replace: (domNode) => {
       const info = getTracebackInfo(domNode);
       if (info) {
-        infos.push({
-          cellId: info.cellId,
-          lineNumber: info.lineNumber,
-        });
-        return `${info.cellId}:${info.lineNumber}`;
+        infos.push(info);
+        return "dummy";
       }
     },
   });
diff --git a/marimo/_server/api/endpoints/file_explorer.py b/marimo/_server/api/endpoints/file_explorer.py
index bdd0fea3e47..07a9ed5543d 100644
--- a/marimo/_server/api/endpoints/file_explorer.py
+++ b/marimo/_server/api/endpoints/file_explorer.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ async def open_file(
     body = await parse_request(request, cls=FileOpenRequest)
     try:
         file_system.get_details(body.path)
-        success = file_system.open_in_editor(body.path)
+        success = file_system.open_in_editor(body.path, body.line_number)
         return SuccessResponse(success=success)
     except Exception as e:
         LOGGER.error(f"Error opening file: {e}")
diff --git a/marimo/_server/files/os_file_system.py b/marimo/_server/files/os_file_system.py
index e0c896c1172..a481e014d7b 100644
--- a/marimo/_server/files/os_file_system.py
+++ b/marimo/_server/files/os_file_system.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def sort_key(file_info: FileInfo) -> tuple[int, str]:
         results.sort(key=sort_key)
         return results[:limit]
 
-    def open_in_editor(self, path: str) -> bool:
+    def open_in_editor(self, path: str, line_number: int | None) -> bool:
         try:
             # First try to get editor from environment variable
             editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR")
@@ -328,9 +328,17 @@ def open_in_editor(self, path: str) -> bool:
             # otherwise it silently opens the terminal in the same window that is
             # running marimo.
             if editor and not _is_terminal_editor(editor):
+                args = (
+                    [path]
+                    if line_number is None
+                    else editor_open_file_in_line_args(
+                        editor, path, line_number
+                    )
+                )
+
                 try:
                     # For GUI editors
-                    subprocess.run([editor, path])
+                    subprocess.run([editor, *args])
                     return True
                 except Exception as e:
                     LOGGER.error(f"Error opening with EDITOR: {e}")
@@ -350,6 +358,17 @@ def open_in_editor(self, path: str) -> bool:
             return False
 
 
+def editor_open_file_in_line_args(
+    editor: str, path: str, line_number: int
+) -> list[str]:
+    if editor == "code":
+        return ["--goto", f"{path}:{line_number}"]
+    elif editor == "subl":
+        return [f"{path}:{line_number}"]
+    else:
+        return [f"+{line_number}", path]
+
+
 def natural_sort_file(file: FileInfo) -> list[Union[int, str]]:
     return natural_sort(file.name)
 
diff --git a/marimo/_server/models/files.py b/marimo/_server/models/files.py
index 308ca735b0b..f41e9c68386 100644
--- a/marimo/_server/models/files.py
+++ b/marimo/_server/models/files.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FileDetailsRequest(msgspec.Struct, rename="camel"):
 class FileOpenRequest(msgspec.Struct, rename="camel"):
     # The path of the file to open
     path: str
+    line_number: Optional[int] = None
 
 
 class FileTreeRequest(msgspec.Struct, rename="camel"):
diff --git a/packages/openapi/api.yaml b/packages/openapi/api.yaml
index b227cb216f9..ec7cc076d3e 100644
--- a/packages/openapi/api.yaml
+++ b/packages/openapi/api.yaml
@@ -1400,6 +1400,11 @@ components:
       type: object
     FileOpenRequest:
       properties:
+        lineNumber:
+          anyOf:
+          - type: integer
+          - type: 'null'
+          default: null
         path:
           type: string
       required:
diff --git a/packages/openapi/src/api.ts b/packages/openapi/src/api.ts
index a9559cc061d..e229e3853a5 100644
--- a/packages/openapi/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi/src/api.ts
@@ -3391,6 +3391,8 @@ export interface components {
     };
     /** FileOpenRequest */
     FileOpenRequest: {
+      /** @default null */
+      lineNumber?: number | null;
       path: string;
     };
     /** FileSearchRequest */