diff --git a/docs/3.api/3.utils/navigate-to.md b/docs/3.api/3.utils/navigate-to.md
index d922014bad..4249df62bd 100644
--- a/docs/3.api/3.utils/navigate-to.md
+++ b/docs/3.api/3.utils/navigate-to.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ interface NavigateToOptions {
   replace?: boolean
   redirectCode?: number
   external?: boolean
+  open?: OpenOptions
 }
 ```
 
@@ -69,6 +70,58 @@ An object accepting the following properties:
 
   Allows navigating to an external URL when set to `true`. Otherwise, `navigateTo` will throw an error, as external navigation is not allowed by default.
 
+- `open` (optional)
+
+  **Type**: `OpenOptions`
+
+  Allows navigating to the URL using the [open()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open) method of the window. This option is only applicable on the client side and will be ignored on the server side.
+
+  An object accepting the following properties:
+
+  - `target`
+
+    **Type**: `string`
+
+    **Default**: `'_blank'`
+
+    A string, without whitespace, specifying the name of the browsing context the resource is being loaded into.
+
+  - `windowFeatures` (optional)
+
+    **Type**: `OpenWindowFeatures`
+
+    An object accepting the following properties:
+
+    - `popup` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `boolean`
+
+    - `width` or `innerWidth` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `number`
+
+    - `height` or `innerHeight` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `number`
+
+    - `left` or `screenX` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `number`
+
+    - `top` or `screenY` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `number`
+  
+    - `noopener` (optional)
+
+      **Type**: `boolean`
+
+    - `noreferrer` (optional)
+  
+      **Type**: `boolean`
+
+    Refer to the [documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open) for more detailed information on the **windowFeatures** properties.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ### Navigating Within a Vue Component
@@ -120,3 +173,20 @@ await navigateTo('https://nuxt.com', {
 })
 </script>
 ```
+
+### Navigating using open()
+
+```vue
+<script setup>
+// will open 'https://nuxt.com' in a new tab
+await navigateTo('https://nuxt.com', {  
+  open: {
+    target: '_blank',
+    windowFeatures: {
+      width: 500,
+      height: 500
+    }
+  }
+})
+</script>
+```
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index 383433cce9..75bb4cf38d 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,29 @@ const isProcessingMiddleware = () => {
   return false
 }
 
+// Conditional types, either one or other
+type Without<T, U> = { [P in Exclude<keyof T, keyof U>]?: never }
+type XOR<T, U> = (T | U) extends Object ? (Without<T, U> & U) | (Without<U, T> & T) : T | U
+
+export type OpenWindowFeatures = {
+  popup?: boolean
+  noopener?: boolean
+  noreferrer?: boolean
+} & XOR<{width?: number}, {innerWidth?: number}>
+  & XOR<{height?: number}, {innerHeight?: number}>
+  & XOR<{left?: number}, {screenX?: number}>
+  & XOR<{top?: number}, {screenY?: number}>
+
+export type OpenOptions = {
+  target: '_blank' | '_parent' | '_self' | '_top' | (string & {})
+  windowFeatures?: OpenWindowFeatures
+}
+
 export interface NavigateToOptions {
   replace?: boolean
-  redirectCode?: number,
+  redirectCode?: number
   external?: boolean
+  open?: OpenOptions
 }
 
 export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: NavigateToOptions): Promise<void | NavigationFailure | false> | false | void | RouteLocationRaw => {
@@ -95,6 +114,23 @@ export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: Na
   }
 
   const toPath = typeof to === 'string' ? to : ((to as RouteLocationPathRaw).path || '/')
+
+  // Early open handler
+  if (options?.open) {
+    if (process.client) {
+      const { target = '_blank', windowFeatures = {} } = options.open
+
+      const features = Object.entries(windowFeatures)
+        .filter(([_, value]) => value !== undefined)
+        .map(([feature, value]) => `${feature.toLowerCase()}=${value}`)
+        .join(', ')
+
+      open(toPath, target, features)
+    }
+
+    return Promise.resolve()
+  }
+
   const isExternal = options?.external || hasProtocol(toPath, { acceptRelative: true })
   if (isExternal && !options?.external) {
     throw new Error('Navigating to external URL is not allowed by default. Use `navigateTo (url, { external: true })`.')
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index e49259d887..6b4c981105 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows || process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'webpack' || process.e
 
   it('default client bundle size', async () => {
     stats.client = await analyzeSizes('**/*.js', publicDir)
-    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.client.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"98.3k"')
+    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.client.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"98.5k"')
     expect(stats.client.files.map(f => f.replace(/\..*\.js/, '.js'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         "_nuxt/entry.js",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows || process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'webpack' || process.e
 
   it('default server bundle size', async () => {
     stats.server = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.server.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"62.7k"')
+    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.server.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"62.8k"')
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect(roundToKilobytes(modules.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"2286k"')