diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml b/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37e64baf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Test Nimble Installation
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  test-nimble-install:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest] # TODO: Windows
+        nim-version: ['2.2.4'] # TODO: tests with more versions
+    
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: iffy/install-nim@v5
+      with:
+        version: ${{ matrix.nim-version }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - uses: nim-lang/setup-nimble-action@v1
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Display Nim and Nimble versions
+      run: |
+        nim --version
+        nimble --version
+
+    - name: Install waku from current commit
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: nimble --verbose install "waku@#${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+        
+    - name: List installed packages
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: |
+        nimble list --installed --ver
+        
+    - name: Build example project
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: |
+        echo "Building example project..."
+        nimble --verbose build
+
+    - name: Run example project
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: |
+        echo "Running example project..."
+        nimble --verbose run
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/diagnose_connections.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/diagnose_connections.nim
index a38de4b7b..7167d08a8 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/diagnose_connections.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/diagnose_connections.nim
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import
   libp2p/wire
 
 import
+  ../wakunode2/cli_args,
   waku/[
-    factory/external_config,
     node/peer_manager,
     waku_lightpush/common,
     waku_relay,
diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
index d528efa90..d3adf1a81 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import
   confutils
 
 import
+  ../wakunode2/cli_args,
   waku/[
     common/enr,
     common/logging,
     factory/waku as waku_factory,
-    factory/external_config,
     waku_node,
     node/waku_metrics,
     node/peer_manager,
diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/service_peer_management.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/service_peer_management.nim
index 7d79e0f36..a72daa2b6 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/service_peer_management.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/service_peer_management.nim
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import
   libp2p/wire
 
 import
+  ../wakunode2/cli_args,
   waku/[
-    factory/external_config,
     common/enr,
     waku_node,
     node/peer_manager,
diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/tester_config.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/tester_config.nim
index c06a970b1..0eca62f65 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/tester_config.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/tester_config.nim
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import
   secp256k1
 
 import
+  ../wakunode2/cli_args,
   waku/[
     common/confutils/envvar/defs as confEnvvarDefs,
     common/confutils/envvar/std/net as confEnvvarNet,
     common/logging,
-    factory/external_config,
     waku_core,
     waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic,
   ]
diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/v3_publisher.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/v3_publisher.nim
index 339e13da0..c8353b5a3 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/v3_publisher.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/v3_publisher.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import results, options, chronos
-import waku/[waku_node, waku_core, waku_lightpush]
+import waku/[waku_node, waku_core, waku_lightpush, waku_lightpush/common]
 import publisher_base
 
 type V3Publisher* = ref object of PublisherBase
diff --git a/waku/factory/external_config.nim b/apps/wakunode2/cli_args.nim
similarity index 98%
rename from waku/factory/external_config.nim
rename to apps/wakunode2/cli_args.nim
index d52929680..9c6c4c3f8 100644
--- a/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+++ b/apps/wakunode2/cli_args.nim
@@ -19,24 +19,25 @@ import
   json
 
 import
-  ./waku_conf,
-  ./conf_builder/conf_builder,
-  ./networks_config,
-  ../common/confutils/envvar/defs as confEnvvarDefs,
-  ../common/confutils/envvar/std/net as confEnvvarNet,
-  ../common/logging,
-  ../waku_enr,
-  ../node/peer_manager,
-  ../waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic,
-  ../../tools/rln_keystore_generator/rln_keystore_generator,
-  ../../tools/rln_db_inspector/rln_db_inspector
-
-include ../waku_core/message/default_values
+  waku/factory/[waku_conf, conf_builder/conf_builder, networks_config],
+  waku/common/[
+    confutils/envvar/defs as confEnvvarDefs,
+    confutils/envvar/std/net as confEnvvarNet,
+    logging,
+  ],
+  waku/[
+    waku_enr,
+    node/peer_manager,
+    waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic,
+    waku_core/message/default_values,
+  ],
+  ../../tools/
+    [rln_keystore_generator/rln_keystore_generator, rln_db_inspector/rln_db_inspector]
 
 export confTomlDefs, confTomlNet, confEnvvarDefs, confEnvvarNet, ProtectedShard
 
 logScope:
-  topics = "waku external config"
+  topics = "waku cli args"
 
 # Git version in git describe format (defined at compile time)
 const git_version* {.strdefine.} = "n/a"
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
     .}: uint16
 
     agentString* {.
-      defaultValue: "nwaku-" & external_config.git_version,
+      defaultValue: "nwaku-" & cli_args.git_version,
       desc: "Node agent string which is used as identifier in network",
       name: "agent-string"
     .}: string
diff --git a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
index 54ecb1c43..0a48dc356 100644
--- a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
+++ b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ import
   system/ansi_c,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto
 import
+  ./cli_args,
   ../../tools/rln_keystore_generator/rln_keystore_generator,
   ../../tools/rln_db_inspector/rln_db_inspector,
   waku/[
     common/logging,
-    factory/external_config,
     factory/waku,
     node/health_monitor,
     waku_api/rest/builder as rest_server_builder,
+    waku_core/message/default_values,
   ]
 
 logScope:
diff --git a/examples/nimble/example.nimble b/examples/nimble/example.nimble
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a1c68e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/example.nimble
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Package
+
+version       = "0.1.0"
+author        = "fryorcraken"
+description   = "Test Waku with nimble"
+license       = "MIT"
+srcDir        = "src"
+bin           = @["example"]
+
+
+# Dependencies
+
+requires "chronos"
+requires "results"
+requires "waku"
+
+proc ensureRln(libFile: string = "build/librln.a", version = "v0.7.0") =
+  if not fileExists(libFile):
+    echo "Building RLN library..."
+    let buildDir = getCurrentDir()
+    let outFile = libFile
+    exec "bash ../../scripts/build_rln.sh " & buildDir & " " & version & " " & outFile
+  else:
+    echo "RLN library already exists: " & libFile
+
+before build:
+  echo "Ensure RLN before build"
+  ensureRln()
+
+before install:
+  echo "Ensure RLN before install"
+  ensureRln()
diff --git a/examples/nimble/nim.cfg b/examples/nimble/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1146b1c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/nim.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+passL:"build/librln.a"
+passL:"-lm"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/nimble/src/example.nim b/examples/nimble/src/example.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18756cdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/src/example.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import std/options
+import chronos, results
+import waku
+
+proc main() {.async.} =
+  echo("Starting Waku node...")
+
+  # Create a basic configuration for the Waku node
+  # No RLN so we don't need to path an eth rpc endpoint
+  let config =
+    newNodeConfig(wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(bootstrapNodes = @[], clusterId = 42))
+
+  # Create the node using the library API's createNode function
+  let node = (await createNode(config)).valueOr:
+    echo("Failed to create node: ", error)
+    quit(1)
+
+  echo("Waku node created successfully!")
+
+  # Start the node
+  (await startWaku(addr node)).isOkOr:
+    echo("Failed to start node: ", error)
+    quit(1)
+
+  echo("Node started successfully! exiting")
+
+when isMainModule:
+  waitFor main()
diff --git a/examples/wakustealthcommitments/node_spec.nim b/examples/wakustealthcommitments/node_spec.nim
index 1af949314..bf61c282f 100644
--- a/examples/wakustealthcommitments/node_spec.nim
+++ b/examples/wakustealthcommitments/node_spec.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {.push raises: [].}
 
-import waku/[common/logging, factory/[waku, networks_config, external_config]]
+import ../../apps/wakunode2/cli_args
+import waku/[common/logging, factory/[waku, networks_config]]
 import
   std/[options, strutils, os, sequtils],
   chronicles,
diff --git a/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim b/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
index 6bc613406..17b7d8847 100644
--- a/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
+++ b/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import chronos, chronicles, results, confutils, confutils/std/net
 
 import
   ../../../waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager,
-  ../../../waku/factory/external_config,
+  ../../../apps/wakunode2/cli_args,
   ../../../waku/factory/waku,
   ../../../waku/factory/node_factory,
   ../../../waku/factory/networks_config,
diff --git a/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/protocols/relay_request.nim b/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/protocols/relay_request.nim
index 279a1efb4..b90b93e80 100644
--- a/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/protocols/relay_request.nim
+++ b/library/waku_thread_requests/requests/protocols/relay_request.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import std/[net, sequtils, strutils]
 import chronicles, chronos, stew/byteutils, results
 import
   ../../../../waku/waku_core/message/message,
-  ../../../../waku/factory/[external_config, validator_signed, waku],
+  ../../../../waku/factory/[validator_signed, waku],
+  ../../../../apps/wakunode2/cli_args,
   ../../../../waku/waku_node,
   ../../../../waku/waku_core/message,
   ../../../../waku/waku_core/time, # Timestamp
diff --git a/tests/all_tests_waku.nim b/tests/all_tests_waku.nim
index aac92863a..77e80f0c3 100644
--- a/tests/all_tests_waku.nim
+++ b/tests/all_tests_waku.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Waku v2
 
+import ./test_waku
+
 # Waku core test suite
 import
   ./waku_core/test_namespaced_topics,
@@ -96,3 +98,6 @@ import ./waku_rln_relay/test_all
 
 # Node Factory
 import ./factory/test_all
+
+# Waku API tests
+import ./api/test_all
diff --git a/tests/api/test_all.nim b/tests/api/test_all.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a35d38305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/test_all.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import ./test_node_conf
diff --git a/tests/api/test_node_conf.nim b/tests/api/test_node_conf.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d6a2e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/test_node_conf.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import std/options, results, stint, testutils/unittests
+import waku/api/api_conf, waku/factory/waku_conf, waku/factory/networks_config
+
+suite "LibWaku Conf - toWakuConf":
+  test "Minimal configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(ethRpcEndpoints = @["http://someaddress"])
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConfig)
+
+    ## Then
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.valueOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+    wakuConf.validate().isOkOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+    check:
+      wakuConf.clusterId == 1
+      wakuConf.shardingConf.numShardsInCluster == 8
+      wakuConf.staticNodes.len == 0
+
+  test "Relay mode configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let wakuConfig =
+      newWakuConfig(bootstrapNodes = @[], staticStoreNodes = @[], clusterId = 1)
+
+    let nodeConfig =
+      newNodeConfig(mode = Relay, wakuConfig = wakuConfig, storeConfirmation = false)
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConfig)
+
+    ## Then
+    require wakuConfRes.isOk()
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.get()
+    require wakuConf.validate().isOk()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.relay == true
+      wakuConf.lightPush == true
+      wakuConf.peerExchangeService == true
+      wakuConf.clusterId == 1
+
+  test "Auto-sharding configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(
+      mode = Relay,
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes = @[],
+        staticStoreNodes = @[],
+        clusterId = 42,
+        autoShardingConfig = AutoShardingConfig(numShardsInCluster: 16),
+      ),
+      storeConfirmation = false,
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConfig)
+
+    ## Then
+    require wakuConfRes.isOk()
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.get()
+    require wakuConf.validate().isOk()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.clusterId == 42
+      wakuConf.shardingConf.numShardsInCluster == 16
+
+  test "Bootstrap nodes configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let bootstrapNodes =
+      @[
+        "enr:-QESuEC1p_s3xJzAC_XlOuuNrhVUETmfhbm1wxRGis0f7DlqGSw2FM-p2Vn7gmfkTTnAe8Ys2cgGBN8ufJnvzKQFZqFMBgmlkgnY0iXNlY3AyNTZrMaEDS8-D878DrdbNwcuY-3p1qdDp5MOoCurhdsNPJTXZ3c5g3RjcIJ2X4N1ZHCCd2g",
+        "enr:-QEkuECnZ3IbVAgkOzv-QLnKC4dRKAPRY80m1-R7G8jZ7yfT3ipEfBrhKN7ARcQgQ-vg-h40AQzyvAkPYlHPaFKk6u9MBgmlkgnY0iXNlY3AyNTZrMaEDk49D8JjMSns4p1XVNBvJquOUzT4PENSJknkROspfAFGg3RjcIJ2X4N1ZHCCd2g",
+      ]
+    let libConf = newNodeConfig(
+      mode = Relay,
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes = bootstrapNodes, staticStoreNodes = @[], clusterId = 1
+      ),
+      storeConfirmation = false,
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(libConf)
+
+    ## Then
+    require wakuConfRes.isOk()
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.get()
+    require wakuConf.validate().isOk()
+    require wakuConf.discv5Conf.isSome()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.discv5Conf.get().bootstrapNodes == bootstrapNodes
+
+  test "Static store nodes configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let staticStoreNodes =
+      @[
+        "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/60000/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc",
+        "/ip4/192.168.1.1/tcp/60001/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYd",
+      ]
+    let nodeConf = newNodeConfig(
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes = @[], staticStoreNodes = staticStoreNodes, clusterId = 1
+      )
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConf)
+
+    ## Then
+    require wakuConfRes.isOk()
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.get()
+    require wakuConf.validate().isOk()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.staticNodes == staticStoreNodes
+
+  test "Message validation with max message size":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes = @[],
+        staticStoreNodes = @[],
+        clusterId = 1,
+        messageValidation = MessageValidation(
+          maxMessageSizeBytes: 100'u64 * 1024'u64, # 100kB
+          rlnConfig: none(RlnConfig),
+        ),
+      ),
+      storeConfirmation = false,
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConfig)
+
+    ## Then
+    require wakuConfRes.isOk()
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.get()
+    require wakuConf.validate().isOk()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.maxMessageSizeBytes == 100'u64 * 1024'u64
+
+  test "Message validation with RLN config":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes = @[],
+        clusterId = 1,
+        messageValidation = MessageValidation(
+          maxMessageSizeBytes: 150'u64 * 1024'u64, # 150KB
+          rlnConfig: some(
+            RlnConfig(
+              contractAddress: "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
+              chainId: 1'u,
+              epochSizeSec: 600'u64,
+            )
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+      ethRpcEndpoints = @["http://127.0.0.1:1111"],
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConf = toWakuConf(nodeConfig).valueOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+
+    wakuConf.validate().isOkOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+
+    check:
+      wakuConf.maxMessageSizeBytes == 150'u64 * 1024'u64
+
+    require wakuConf.rlnRelayConf.isSome()
+    let rlnConf = wakuConf.rlnRelayConf.get()
+    check:
+      rlnConf.dynamic == true
+      rlnConf.ethContractAddress == "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
+      rlnConf.chainId == 1'u256
+      rlnConf.epochSizeSec == 600'u64
+
+  test "Full Relay mode configuration with all fields":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(
+      mode = Relay,
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes =
+          @[
+            "enr:-QESuEC1p_s3xJzAC_XlOuuNrhVUETmfhbm1wxRGis0f7DlqGSw2FM-p2Vn7gmfkTTnAe8Ys2cgGBN8ufJnvzKQFZqFMBgmlkgnY0iXNlY3AyNTZrMaEDS8-D878DrdbNwcuY-3p1qdDp5MOoCurhdsNPJTXZ3c5g3RjcIJ2X4N1ZHCCd2g"
+          ],
+        staticStoreNodes =
+          @[
+            "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/60000/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
+          ],
+        clusterId = 99,
+        autoShardingConfig = AutoShardingConfig(numShardsInCluster: 12),
+        messageValidation = MessageValidation(
+          maxMessageSizeBytes: 512'u64 * 1024'u64, # 512KB
+          rlnConfig: some(
+            RlnConfig(
+              contractAddress: "0xAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
+              chainId: 5'u, # Goerli
+              epochSizeSec: 300'u64,
+            )
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+      storeConfirmation = true,
+      ethRpcEndpoints = @["https://127.0.0.1:8333"],
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let wakuConfRes = toWakuConf(nodeConfig)
+
+    ## Then
+    let wakuConf = wakuConfRes.valueOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+    wakuConf.validate().isOkOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+
+    # Check basic settings
+    check:
+      wakuConf.relay == true
+      wakuConf.lightPush == true
+      wakuConf.peerExchangeService == true
+      wakuConf.clusterId == 99
+
+    # Check sharding
+    check:
+      wakuConf.shardingConf.numShardsInCluster == 12
+
+    # Check bootstrap nodes
+    require wakuConf.discv5Conf.isSome()
+    check:
+      wakuConf.discv5Conf.get().bootstrapNodes.len == 1
+
+    # Check static nodes
+    check:
+      wakuConf.staticNodes.len == 1
+      wakuConf.staticNodes[0] ==
+        "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/60000/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
+
+    # Check message validation
+    check:
+      wakuConf.maxMessageSizeBytes == 512'u64 * 1024'u64
+
+    # Check RLN config
+    require wakuConf.rlnRelayConf.isSome()
+    let rlnConf = wakuConf.rlnRelayConf.get()
+    check:
+      rlnConf.dynamic == true
+      rlnConf.ethContractAddress == "0xAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
+      rlnConf.chainId == 5'u256
+      rlnConf.epochSizeSec == 300'u64
diff --git a/tests/factory/test_all.nim b/tests/factory/test_all.nim
index 683bc3b10..0f15035fe 100644
--- a/tests/factory/test_all.nim
+++ b/tests/factory/test_all.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {.used.}
 
-import ./test_external_config, ./test_node_factory, ./test_waku_conf
+import ./test_node_factory, ./test_waku_conf
diff --git a/tests/test_waku.nim b/tests/test_waku.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0792cb4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_waku.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import chronos, testutils/unittests, std/options
+
+import waku
+
+suite "Waku API - Create node":
+  asyncTest "Create node with minimal Relay configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig =
+      newNodeConfig(wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(bootstrapNodes = @[], clusterId = 1))
+
+    ## When
+    let node = (await createNode(nodeConfig)).valueOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      not node.isNil()
+      node.conf.clusterId == 1
+      node.conf.relay == true
+
+  asyncTest "Create node with full configuration":
+    ## Given
+    let nodeConfig = newNodeConfig(
+      mode = Relay,
+      wakuConfig = newWakuConfig(
+        bootstrapNodes =
+          @[
+            "enr:-QESuEC1p_s3xJzAC_XlOuuNrhVUETmfhbm1wxRGis0f7DlqGSw2FM-p2Vn7gmfkTTnAe8Ys2cgGBN8ufJnvzKQFZqFMBgmlkgnY0iXNlY3AyNTZrMaEDS8-D878DrdbNwcuY-3p1qdDp5MOoCurhdsNPJTXZ3c5g3RjcIJ2X4N1ZHCCd2g"
+          ],
+        staticStoreNodes =
+          @[
+            "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/60000/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
+          ],
+        clusterId = 99,
+        autoShardingConfig = AutoShardingConfig(numShardsInCluster: 16),
+        messageValidation = MessageValidation(
+          maxMessageSizeBytes: 1024'u64 * 1024'u64, # 1MB
+          rlnConfig: none(RlnConfig),
+        ),
+      ),
+      storeConfirmation = true,
+    )
+
+    ## When
+    let node = (await createNode(nodeConfig)).valueOr:
+      raiseAssert error
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      not node.isNil()
+      node.conf.clusterId == 99
+      node.conf.shardingConf.numShardsInCluster == 16
+      node.conf.maxMessageSizeBytes == 1024'u64 * 1024'u64
+      node.conf.staticNodes.len == 1
+      node.conf.relay == true
+      node.conf.lightPush == true
+      node.conf.peerExchangeService == true
diff --git a/tests/wakunode2/test_all.nim b/tests/wakunode2/test_all.nim
index 76bc9aaad..7e658d4ca 100644
--- a/tests/wakunode2/test_all.nim
+++ b/tests/wakunode2/test_all.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {.used.}
 
-import ./test_app, ./test_validators
+import ./test_app, ./test_validators, ./test_cli_args
diff --git a/tests/factory/test_external_config.nim b/tests/wakunode2/test_cli_args.nim
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/factory/test_external_config.nim
rename to tests/wakunode2/test_cli_args.nim
index 52e82a425..61e29d223 100644
--- a/tests/factory/test_external_config.nim
+++ b/tests/wakunode2/test_cli_args.nim
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ import
   secp256k1,
   confutils,
   stint
+
+import apps/wakunode2/cli_args
+
 import
-  ../../waku/factory/external_config,
   ../../waku/factory/networks_config,
   ../../waku/factory/waku_conf,
   ../../waku/common/logging,
-  ../../waku/common/utils/parse_size_units
+  ../../waku/common/utils/parse_size_units,
+  ../../waku/waku_core/message/default_values
 
 suite "Waku external config - default values":
   test "Default sharding value":
diff --git a/tests/wakunode2/test_validators.nim b/tests/wakunode2/test_validators.nim
index b0a8dd8fb..323bd293d 100644
--- a/tests/wakunode2/test_validators.nim
+++ b/tests/wakunode2/test_validators.nim
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ import
   libp2p/multihash,
   secp256k1
 import
-  waku/[
-    waku_core,
-    node/peer_manager,
-    waku_node,
-    waku_relay,
-    factory/external_config,
-    factory/validator_signed,
-  ],
+  waku/[waku_core, node/peer_manager, waku_node, factory/validator_signed],
+  apps/wakunode2/cli_args,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
   ../testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/vendor/nim-toml-serialization b/vendor/nim-toml-serialization
index fea85b27f..f34805705 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-toml-serialization
+++ b/vendor/nim-toml-serialization
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fea85b27f0badcf617033ca1bc05444b5fd8aa7a
+Subproject commit f3480570566b00a9f7ed1abf1f9731fb856ae1f2
diff --git a/waku.nim b/waku.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18d52741e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## Main module for using nwaku as a Nimble library
+## 
+## This module re-exports the public API for creating and managing Waku nodes
+## when using nwaku as a library dependency.
+
+import waku/api/[api, api_conf]
+export api, api_conf
+
+import waku/factory/waku
+export waku
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index debcc0c87..85a8eee0a 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ requires "nim >= 2.2.4",
   "stint",
   "metrics",
   "libp2p >= 1.13.0",
-  "web3#48fb2d4", # fix 0.7.0 undeclared field: 'stream' error
+  "web3#141907c", # fix 0.7.0 undeclared field: 'stream' error + readValue UInt256
   "presto",
   "regex",
   "results",
   "db_connector",
   "minilru",
+  "toml_serialization", # Necessary for confutils/toml support
   "https://github.com/vacp2p/mix#0.1.0"
 
 ### Helper functions
diff --git a/waku/api/api.nim b/waku/api/api.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a84d13729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/api/api.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import chronicles, chronos, results
+
+import waku/factory/waku
+
+import ./api_conf
+
+proc createNode*(config: NodeConfig): Future[Result[Waku, string]] {.async.} =
+  let wakuConf = toWakuConf(config).valueOr:
+    return err("Failed to handle the configuration: " & error)
+
+  ## We are not defining app callbacks at node creation
+  let wakuRes = (await Waku.new(wakuConf)).valueOr:
+    error "waku initialization failed", error = error
+    return err("Failed setting up Waku: " & $error)
+
+  return ok(wakuRes)
diff --git a/waku/api/api_conf.nim b/waku/api/api_conf.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa8f61196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/api/api_conf.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import
+  std/options,
+  results,
+  waku/factory/waku_conf,
+  waku/factory/conf_builder/conf_builder,
+  waku/factory/networks_config
+
+type AutoShardingConfig* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  numShardsInCluster*: uint16
+
+type RlnConfig* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  contractAddress*: string
+  chainId*: uint
+  epochSizeSec*: uint64
+
+type MessageValidation* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  maxMessageSizeBytes*: uint64
+  rlnConfig*: Option[RlnConfig]
+
+type WakuConfig* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  bootstrapNodes: seq[string]
+  staticStoreNodes: seq[string]
+  clusterId: uint16
+  autoShardingConfig: AutoShardingConfig
+  messageValidation: MessageValidation
+
+proc DefaultAutoShardingConfig(): AutoShardingConfig =
+  return AutoShardingConfig(numShardsInCluster: 1)
+
+proc DefaultMessageValidation(): MessageValidation =
+  return MessageValidation(maxMessageSizeBytes: 153600, rlnConfig: none(RlnConfig))
+
+proc newWakuConfig*(
+    bootstrapNodes: seq[string],
+    staticStoreNodes: seq[string] = @[],
+    clusterId: uint16,
+    autoShardingConfig: AutoShardingConfig = DefaultAutoShardingConfig(),
+    messageValidation: MessageValidation = DefaultMessageValidation(),
+): WakuConfig =
+  return WakuConfig(
+    bootstrapNodes: bootstrapNodes,
+    staticStoreNodes: staticStoreNodes,
+    clusterId: clusterId,
+    autoShardingConfig: autoShardingConfig,
+    messageValidation: messageValidation,
+  )
+
+proc DefaultWakuConfig(): WakuConfig =
+  return WakuConfig(
+    bootstrapNodes:
+      @[
+        "enrtree://AIRVQ5DDA4FFWLRBCHJWUWOO6X6S4ZTZ5B667LQ6AJU6PEYDLRD5O@sandbox.waku.nodes.status.im"
+      ],
+    staticStoreNodes: @[], # TODO
+    clusterId: 1,
+    autoShardingConfig: AutoShardingConfig(numShardsInCluster: 8),
+    messageValidation: MessageValidation(
+      maxMessageSizeBytes: 153600,
+      rlnConfig: some(
+        RlnConfig(
+          contractAddress: "0xB9cd878C90E49F797B4431fBF4fb333108CB90e6",
+          chain_id: 59141,
+          epoch_size_sec: 600, # 10 minutes
+        )
+      ),
+    ),
+  )
+
+type WakuMode* = enum
+  Edge = "edge"
+  Relay = "relay"
+
+type NodeConfig* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  mode: WakuMode
+  wakuConfig: WakuConfig
+  storeConfirmation: bool
+  ethRpcEndpoints: seq[string]
+
+proc newNodeConfig*(
+    mode: WakuMode = WakuMode.Relay,
+    wakuConfig: WakuConfig = DefaultWakuConfig(),
+    storeConfirmation: bool = true,
+    ethRpcEndpoints: seq[string] = @[],
+): NodeConfig =
+  return NodeConfig(
+    mode: mode,
+    wakuConfig: wakuConfig,
+    storeConfirmation: storeConfirmation,
+    ethRpcEndpoints: ethRpcEndpoints,
+  )
+
+proc toWakuConf*(nodeConfig: NodeConfig): Result[WakuConf, string] =
+  var b = WakuConfBuilder.init()
+
+  case nodeConfig.mode
+  of Relay:
+    b.withRelay(true)
+
+    b.filterServiceConf.withEnabled(true)
+    b.filterServiceConf.withMaxPeersToServe(20)
+
+    b.withLightPush(true)
+
+    b.discv5Conf.withEnabled(true)
+    b.withPeerExchange(true)
+
+    b.rateLimitConf.withRateLimits(@["filter:100/1s", "lightpush:5/1s", "px:5/1s"])
+  of Edge:
+    return err("Edge mode is not implemented")
+
+  #TODO: store confirmation
+
+  ## Network Conf
+  let wakuConfig = nodeConfig.wakuConfig
+
+  # Set cluster ID
+  b.withClusterId(wakuConfig.clusterId)
+
+  # Set sharding configuration
+  b.withShardingConf(ShardingConfKind.AutoSharding)
+  let autoShardingConfig = wakuConfig.autoShardingConfig
+  b.withNumShardsInCluster(autoShardingConfig.numShardsInCluster)
+
+  # Set bootstrap nodes
+  if wakuConfig.bootstrapNodes.len > 0:
+    b.discv5Conf.withBootstrapNodes(wakuConfig.bootstrapNodes)
+
+  # TODO: verify behaviour
+  # Set static store nodes
+  if wakuConfig.staticStoreNodes.len > 0:
+    b.withStaticNodes(wakuConfig.staticStoreNodes)
+
+  # Set message validation
+
+  let msgValidation = wakuConfig.messageValidation
+  b.withMaxMessageSize(msgValidation.maxMessageSizeBytes)
+
+  # Set RLN config if provided
+  if msgValidation.rlnConfig.isSome():
+    let rlnConfig = msgValidation.rlnConfig.get()
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withEnabled(true)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withEthContractAddress(rlnConfig.contractAddress)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withChainId(rlnConfig.chainId)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withEpochSizeSec(rlnConfig.epochSizeSec)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withDynamic(true)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withEthClientUrls(nodeConfig.ethRpcEndpoints)
+
+    # TODO: we should get rid of those two
+    b.rlnRelayconf.withUserMessageLimit(100)
+    b.rlnRelayConf.withTreePath("./rln_tree")
+
+  ## Various configurations
+  b.withNatStrategy("any")
+
+  let wakuConf = b.build().valueOr:
+    return err("Failed to build configuration: " & error)
+
+  wakuConf.validate().isOkOr:
+    return err("Failed to validate configuration: " & error)
+
+  return ok(wakuConf)
diff --git a/waku/factory/waku.nim b/waku/factory/waku.nim
index c6196337f..7c2c430b6 100644
--- a/waku/factory/waku.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/waku.nim
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import
   ../waku_filter_v2,
   ../factory/node_factory,
   ../factory/internal_config,
-  ../factory/external_config,
   ../factory/app_callbacks,
   ../waku_enr/multiaddr,
   ./waku_conf