diff --git a/src/cli/args.ts b/src/cli/args.ts
index fbae28ed..b78c5e23 100644
--- a/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isInfoHash } from "../sources/magnet";
 import { parseDuration } from "../util/duration";
+import { setFlareSolverrUrl } from "../util/flaresolverr";
 
 export type CliCommand =
   | { kind: "version" }
@@ -70,6 +71,12 @@ function seedTimeFrom(raw: string | undefined): number | undefined {
 }
 
 export function parseCliArgs(argv: string[]): CliCommand {
+  const fsIdx = argv.findIndex((a) => a === "--flaresolverr");
+  if (fsIdx !== -1 && argv[fsIdx + 1]) {
+    setFlareSolverrUrl(argv[fsIdx + 1]);
+    argv = argv.filter((_, idx) => idx !== fsIdx && idx !== fsIdx + 1);
+  }
+
   const args = argv.filter((a) => a.trim() !== "");
   if (args.length === 0) return { kind: "run" };
   const a = args[0]!;
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ export const HELP_TEXT = `torlink, terminal-native torrent search
 
 usage
   torlnk                      open the search TUI
+  torlnk --flaresolverr <url> enable FlareSolverr proxy (e.g. http://localhost:8191/v1)
   torlnk "magnet:?xt=..."     start a download on launch
   torlnk path/to/file.torrent open a .torrent file on launch
   torlnk watch <dir>          headless: download torrents dropped into <dir>
diff --git a/src/util/flaresolverr.test.ts b/src/util/flaresolverr.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..958d2c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/flaresolverr.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  setFlareSolverrUrl,
+  getFlareSolverrUrl,
+  isFlareSolverrEnabled,
+  isCloudflareBlock,
+} from "./flaresolverr";
+
+function fakeRes(status: number, headers: Record<string, string> = {}): Response {
+  return {
+    status,
+    ok: status >= 200 && status < 300,
+    headers: { get: (k: string) => headers[k.toLowerCase()] ?? null },
+  } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+describe("flaresolverr module", () => {
+  it("defaults to disabled (undefined)", () => {
+    setFlareSolverrUrl(undefined);
+    expect(getFlareSolverrUrl()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(isFlareSolverrEnabled()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("sets and gets FlareSolverr URL correctly", () => {
+    setFlareSolverrUrl("http://localhost:8191/v1");
+    expect(getFlareSolverrUrl()).toBe("http://localhost:8191/v1");
+    expect(isFlareSolverrEnabled()).toBe(true);
+
+    setFlareSolverrUrl(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it("detects Cloudflare 503 and 403 blocks correctly", () => {
+    expect(isCloudflareBlock(fakeRes(503, { server: "cloudflare" }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCloudflareBlock(fakeRes(503, { server: "ddos-guard" }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCloudflareBlock(fakeRes(403, { server: "cloudflare" }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCloudflareBlock(fakeRes(200, { server: "cloudflare" }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCloudflareBlock(fakeRes(404, { server: "nginx" }))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/util/flaresolverr.ts b/src/util/flaresolverr.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b85bf76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/flaresolverr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { HttpError } from "./net";
+
+let globalFlareSolverrUrl: string | undefined = undefined;
+
+export function setFlareSolverrUrl(url: string | undefined): void {
+  globalFlareSolverrUrl = url && url.trim() ? url.trim() : undefined;
+}
+
+export function getFlareSolverrUrl(): string | undefined {
+  return globalFlareSolverrUrl;
+}
+
+export function isFlareSolverrEnabled(): boolean {
+  return Boolean(globalFlareSolverrUrl);
+}
+
+export function isCloudflareBlock(res: Response): boolean {
+  const server = res.headers.get("server")?.toLowerCase() || "";
+  return (
+    (res.status === 503 || res.status === 403) &&
+    (server.includes("ddos-guard") || server.includes("cloudflare") || res.status === 403)
+  );
+}
+
+export async function fetchViaFlareSolverr(
+  targetUrl: string,
+  solverUrl: string,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const payload = {
+    cmd: "request.get",
+    url: targetUrl,
+    maxTimeout: 60000,
+  };
+
+  let res: Response;
+  try {
+    res = await fetch(solverUrl, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+      signal,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new HttpError(
+      0,
+      `FlareSolverr request to ${solverUrl} failed: ${(err as Error).message}. Ensure FlareSolverr is running.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    throw new HttpError(res.status, `FlareSolverr returned HTTP ${res.status}`);
+  }
+
+  const data = (await res.json()) as {
+    status?: string;
+    message?: string;
+    solution?: {
+      status?: number;
+      response?: string;
+    };
+  };
+
+  if (data.status !== "ok" || !data.solution) {
+    throw new HttpError(0, `FlareSolverr failed to solve challenge: ${data.message || "Unknown error"}`);
+  }
+
+  const status = data.solution.status ?? 200;
+  const html = data.solution.response ?? "";
+
+  return new Response(html, {
+    status,
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/util/net.ts b/src/util/net.ts
index d60b5a0c..0baf30ae 100644
--- a/src/util/net.ts
+++ b/src/util/net.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+import {
+  fetchViaFlareSolverr,
+  getFlareSolverrUrl,
+  isCloudflareBlock,
+  setFlareSolverrUrl,
+} from "./flaresolverr";
+
+export {
+  fetchViaFlareSolverr,
+  getFlareSolverrUrl,
+  isCloudflareBlock,
+  setFlareSolverrUrl,
+};
+
 export const USER_AGENT = "torlink (+https://www.npmjs.com/package/torlnk)";
 
 export type FetchImpl = (url: string, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;
@@ -111,16 +125,22 @@ export async function fetchResilient(
       throw e;
     }
 
-    if (!RETRY_STATUS.has(res.status)) return res;
-
-    const server = res.headers.get("server")?.toLowerCase() || "";
-    if (res.status === 503 && (server.includes("ddos-guard") || server.includes("cloudflare"))) {
-      throw new HttpError(
-        res.status,
-        `Request to ${url} blocked by ${server} (HTTP ${res.status}).`,
-      );
+    if (isCloudflareBlock(res)) {
+      const solverUrl = getFlareSolverrUrl();
+      if (solverUrl) {
+        return fetchViaFlareSolverr(url, solverUrl, signal ?? undefined);
+      }
+      const server = res.headers.get("server")?.toLowerCase() || "";
+      if (res.status === 503 && (server.includes("ddos-guard") || server.includes("cloudflare"))) {
+        throw new HttpError(
+          res.status,
+          `Request to ${url} blocked by ${server} (HTTP ${res.status}).`,
+        );
+      }
     }
 
+    if (!RETRY_STATUS.has(res.status)) return res;
+
     if (attempt >= retries) {
       throw new HttpError(
         res.status,