diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86ced0f..d22b608 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -444,6 +444,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -605,6 +611,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "byteorder",
  "futures",
+ "hex",
  "log",
  "openssl",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -613,6 +620,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "size_format",
  "tokio",
+ "url",
  "urlencoding",
  "uuid",
  "warp",
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/Cargo.lock b/crates/librqbit/Cargo.lock
index f9f28ee..aa6e4f2 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/Cargo.lock
+++ b/crates/librqbit/Cargo.lock
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha1",
  "size_format",
  "tokio",
+ "url",
  "urlencoding",
  "uuid",
  "warp",
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/Cargo.toml b/crates/librqbit/Cargo.toml
index 6d97656..606e99c 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/librqbit/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ sha1 = {version = "0.6", optional=true}
 
 uuid = {version = "0.8", features = ["v4"]}
 futures = "0.3"
+url = "2"
+hex = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures = {version = "0.3"}
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/dht/inforead.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/inforead.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9841003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/inforead.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use futures::{stream::FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
+use log::warn;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver;
+
+use crate::{buffers::ByteString, peer_info_reader, torrent_metainfo::TorrentMetaV1Info};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ReadMetainfoResult {
+    Found {
+        info: TorrentMetaV1Info<ByteString>,
+        rx: UnboundedReceiver<SocketAddr>,
+        seen: Vec<SocketAddr>,
+    },
+    ChannelClosed {
+        seen: Vec<SocketAddr>,
+    },
+}
+
+pub async fn read_metainfo_from_peer_receiver(
+    peer_id: [u8; 20],
+    info_hash: [u8; 20],
+    mut addrs: UnboundedReceiver<SocketAddr>,
+) -> ReadMetainfoResult {
+    let mut seen = Vec::<SocketAddr>::new();
+    let first_addr = match addrs.recv().await {
+        Some(addr) => addr,
+        None => return ReadMetainfoResult::ChannelClosed { seen },
+    };
+    seen.push(first_addr);
+
+    let mut unordered = FuturesUnordered::new();
+    unordered.push(peer_info_reader::read_metainfo_from_peer(
+        first_addr, peer_id, info_hash,
+    ));
+
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            next_addr = addrs.recv() => {
+                match next_addr {
+                    Some(addr) => {
+                        seen.push(addr);
+                        unordered.push(peer_info_reader::read_metainfo_from_peer(addr, peer_id, info_hash));
+                    },
+                    None => return ReadMetainfoResult::ChannelClosed { seen },
+                }
+            },
+            done = unordered.next(), if !unordered.is_empty() => {
+                match done {
+                    Some(Ok(info)) => return ReadMetainfoResult::Found { info, seen, rx: addrs },
+                    Some(Err(e)) => {
+                        warn!("error in peer_info_reader::read_metainfo_from_peer: {}", e);
+                    },
+                    None => unreachable!()
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::info_hash::decode_info_hash;
+    use crate::{dht::jsdht::JsDht, peer_id::generate_peer_id};
+    use std::sync::Once;
+
+    static LOG_INIT: Once = Once::new();
+
+    fn init_logging() {
+        LOG_INIT.call_once(pretty_env_logger::init)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn read_metainfo_from_dht() {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let info_hash = decode_info_hash("9905f844e5d8787ecd5e08fb46b2eb0a42c131d7").unwrap();
+        let peer_rx = JsDht::new(info_hash).start_peer_discovery().unwrap();
+        let peer_id = generate_peer_id();
+        dbg!(read_metainfo_from_peer_receiver(peer_id, info_hash, peer_rx).await);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/dht/jsdht.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/jsdht.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc7268d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/jsdht.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use std::{io::BufRead, io::BufReader, net::SocketAddr, process::Stdio, str::FromStr};
+
+use log::info;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
+
+// Collects seen peers for torrent
+// Knows if they work or not.
+// Informs subscribers of new peers discovered.
+//
+// Can discover metainfo quickly (limiting concurrency).
+
+pub struct JsDht {
+    info_hash: [u8; 20],
+}
+
+static NODEJS_DISCOVER_SCRIPT: &str = r#"
+const DHT = require('bittorrent-dht')
+
+let dht = new DHT();
+let infoHash = process.env["INFOHASH"];
+
+dht.on('peer', function (peer, infoHash, from) {
+    console.log(peer.host + ':' + peer.port)
+})
+
+dht.lookup(infoHash)
+"#;
+
+fn infohash_hex(info_hash: [u8; 20]) -> String {
+    hex::encode(info_hash)
+}
+
+impl JsDht {
+    pub fn new(info_hash: [u8; 20]) -> Self {
+        Self { info_hash }
+    }
+    pub fn start_peer_discovery(self) -> anyhow::Result<UnboundedReceiver<SocketAddr>> {
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || self.discover_peers_and_send(tx).unwrap());
+        Ok(rx)
+    }
+    fn discover_peers_and_send(self, tx: UnboundedSender<SocketAddr>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new("node");
+        cmd.arg("-e")
+            .arg(NODEJS_DISCOVER_SCRIPT)
+            .env("NODE_PATH", "/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules")
+            .env("INFOHASH", infohash_hex(self.info_hash))
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped());
+
+        info!("Executing {:?}", &cmd);
+
+        let mut child = cmd.spawn()?;
+
+        let stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+        let mut stdout = BufReader::new(stdout);
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        loop {
+            line.clear();
+            let size = stdout.read_line(&mut line)?;
+            if size == 0 {
+                anyhow::bail!("node discover process was not supposed to close")
+            }
+            // Remove newline character;
+            line.pop();
+
+            let ipaddr = SocketAddr::from_str(&line)?;
+            if tx.send(ipaddr).is_err() {
+                anyhow::bail!("receiver closed")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/dht/mod.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f0756c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/dht/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod inforead;
+pub mod jsdht;
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/info_hash.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/info_hash.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6acdb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/info_hash.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub type InfoHash = [u8; 20];
+
+pub fn decode_info_hash(hash_str: &str) -> anyhow::Result<InfoHash> {
+    let mut hash_arr = [0u8; 20];
+    hex::decode_to_slice(hash_str, &mut hash_arr)?;
+    Ok(hash_arr)
+}
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/lib.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/lib.rs
index 377a61e..979c2dc 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ pub mod buffers;
 pub mod chunk_tracker;
 pub mod clone_to_owned;
 pub mod constants;
+pub mod dht;
 pub mod file_ops;
 pub mod http_api;
+pub mod info_hash;
 pub mod lengths;
+pub mod magnet;
 pub mod peer_binary_protocol;
 pub mod peer_connection;
 pub mod peer_handler;
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/magnet.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/magnet.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d298326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/magnet.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use crate::info_hash::{decode_info_hash, InfoHash};
+use anyhow::Context;
+
+pub struct Magnet {
+    pub info_hash: InfoHash,
+    pub trackers: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Magnet {
+    pub fn parse(url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Magnet> {
+        let url = url::Url::parse(url).context("magnet link must be a valid URL")?;
+        if url.scheme() != "magnet" {
+            anyhow::bail!("expected scheme magnet");
+        }
+        let mut info_hash: Option<InfoHash> = None;
+        let mut trackers = Vec::<String>::new();
+        for (key, value) in url.query_pairs() {
+            match key.as_ref() {
+                "xt" => match value.as_ref().strip_prefix("urn:btih:") {
+                    Some(infohash) => {
+                        info_hash.replace(decode_info_hash(infohash)?);
+                    }
+                    None => anyhow::bail!("expected xt to start with urn:btih:"),
+                },
+                "tr" => trackers.push(value.into()),
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        match info_hash {
+            Some(info_hash) => {
+                return Ok(Magnet {
+                    info_hash,
+                    trackers,
+                })
+            }
+            None => {
+                anyhow::bail!("did not find infohash")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_magnet_as_url() {
+        let magnet = "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a621779b5e3d486e127c3efbca9b6f8d135f52e5&dn=rutor.info_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE+%2F+The+Tomorrow+War+%282021%29+WEB-DLRip+%D0%BE%D1%82+MegaPeer+%7C+P+%7C+NewComers&tr=udp://opentor.org:2710&tr=udp://opentor.org:2710&tr=http://retracker.local/announce";
+        dbg!(url::Url::parse(magnet).unwrap());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e9aff44..897eca5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-use std::{fs::File, io::Read, time::Duration};
+use std::{fs::File, io::Read, net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::Clap;
 use librqbit::{
-    spawn_utils::BlockingSpawner,
+    buffers::ByteString,
+    dht::{inforead::read_metainfo_from_peer_receiver, jsdht::JsDht},
+    info_hash::InfoHash,
+    magnet,
+    peer_id::generate_peer_id,
+    spawn_utils::{spawn, BlockingSpawner},
     torrent_manager::TorrentManagerBuilder,
-    torrent_metainfo::{torrent_from_bytes, TorrentMetaV1Owned},
+    torrent_metainfo::{torrent_from_bytes, TorrentMetaV1Info, TorrentMetaV1Owned},
 };
 use log::{info, warn};
 use reqwest::Url;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver;
 
 async fn torrent_from_url(url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<TorrentMetaV1Owned> {
     let response = reqwest::get(url)
@@ -87,13 +93,13 @@ struct Opts {
     single_thread_runtime: bool,
 }
 
-fn compute_only_files(
-    torrent: &TorrentMetaV1Owned,
+fn compute_only_files<ByteBuf: Clone + std::ops::Deref<Target = [u8]> + AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    torrent: &TorrentMetaV1Info<ByteBuf>,
     filename_re: &str,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<usize>> {
     let filename_re = regex::Regex::new(&filename_re).context("filename regex is incorrect")?;
     let mut only_files = Vec::new();
-    for (idx, (filename, _)) in torrent.info.iter_filenames_and_lengths().enumerate() {
+    for (idx, (filename, _)) in torrent.iter_filenames_and_lengths().enumerate() {
         let full_path = filename
             .to_pathbuf()
             .with_context(|| format!("filename of file {} is not valid utf8", idx))?;
@@ -159,7 +165,48 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .max_blocking_threads(8)
         .build()?;
 
-    rt.block_on(async move {
+    rt.block_on(async_main(opts, spawner))
+}
+
+async fn async_main(opts: Opts, spawner: BlockingSpawner) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let peer_id = generate_peer_id();
+    if opts.torrent_path.starts_with("magnet:") {
+        let magnet::Magnet {
+            info_hash,
+            trackers,
+        } = magnet::Magnet::parse(&opts.torrent_path)
+            .context("provided path is not a valid magnet URL")?;
+        let dht_rx = JsDht::new(info_hash).start_peer_discovery()?;
+        let (info, dht_rx, initial_peers) =
+            match read_metainfo_from_peer_receiver(peer_id, info_hash, dht_rx).await {
+                librqbit::dht::inforead::ReadMetainfoResult::Found { info, rx, seen } => {
+                    (info, rx, seen)
+                }
+                librqbit::dht::inforead::ReadMetainfoResult::ChannelClosed { seen } => {
+                    anyhow::bail!("DHT died, no way to discover torrent metainfo")
+                }
+            };
+        main_info(
+            opts,
+            info_hash,
+            info,
+            peer_id,
+            dht_rx,
+            initial_peers,
+            trackers
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(|url| match reqwest::Url::parse(&url) {
+                    Ok(url) => Some(url),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        warn!("error parsing tracker {} as url", url);
+                        None
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            spawner,
+        )
+        .await
+    } else {
         let torrent = if opts.torrent_path.starts_with("http://")
             || opts.torrent_path.starts_with("https://")
         {
@@ -167,18 +214,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         } else {
             torrent_from_file(&opts.torrent_path)?
         };
-
-        info!("Torrent metadata: {:#?}", &torrent);
-        if opts.list {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-
-        let only_files = if let Some(filename_re) = opts.only_files_matching_regex {
-            Some(compute_only_files(&torrent, &filename_re)?)
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
+        let dht_rx = JsDht::new(torrent.info_hash).start_peer_discovery()?;
         let trackers = torrent
             .iter_announce()
             .filter_map(|tracker| {
@@ -198,25 +234,65 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 }
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-        let mut builder =
-            TorrentManagerBuilder::new(torrent.info, torrent.info_hash, opts.output_folder);
-        builder.overwrite(opts.overwrite).spawner(spawner);
-        if let Some(only_files) = only_files {
-            builder.only_files(only_files);
-        }
-
-        if let Some(interval) = opts.force_tracker_interval {
-            builder.force_tracker_interval(Duration::from_secs(interval));
-        }
-
-        let handle = builder.start_manager()?;
-
-        for url in trackers {
-            handle.add_tracker(url);
-        }
-
-        handle.wait_until_completed().await?;
-        Ok(())
-    })
+        main_info(
+            opts,
+            torrent.info_hash,
+            torrent.info,
+            peer_id,
+            dht_rx,
+            Vec::new(),
+            trackers,
+            spawner,
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+async fn main_info(
+    opts: Opts,
+    info_hash: InfoHash,
+    info: TorrentMetaV1Info<ByteString>,
+    peer_id: [u8; 20],
+    mut dht_peer_rx: UnboundedReceiver<SocketAddr>,
+    initial_peers: Vec<SocketAddr>,
+    trackers: Vec<reqwest::Url>,
+    spawner: BlockingSpawner,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    info!("Torrent info: {:#?}", &info);
+    if opts.list {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let only_files = if let Some(filename_re) = opts.only_files_matching_regex {
+        Some(compute_only_files(&info, &filename_re)?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let mut builder = TorrentManagerBuilder::new(info, info_hash, opts.output_folder);
+    builder.overwrite(opts.overwrite).spawner(spawner);
+    if let Some(only_files) = only_files {
+        builder.only_files(only_files);
+    }
+    if let Some(interval) = opts.force_tracker_interval {
+        builder.force_tracker_interval(Duration::from_secs(interval));
+    }
+    let handle = builder.start_manager()?;
+    for url in trackers {
+        handle.add_tracker(url);
+    }
+    for peer in initial_peers {
+        handle.add_peer(peer);
+    }
+    spawn("peer adder", {
+        let handle = handle.clone();
+        async move {
+            while let Some(peer) = dht_peer_rx.recv().await {
+                handle.add_peer(peer);
+            }
+            warn!("dht was closed");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    });
+    handle.wait_until_completed().await?;
+    Ok(())
 }