diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4e7ba9968b..f84f11e353 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5279,6 +5279,10 @@
       "resolved": "packages/create",
       "link": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@waku/interfaces": {
+      "resolved": "packages/interfaces",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@webassemblyjs/ast": {
       "version": "1.11.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@webassemblyjs/ast/-/ast-1.11.1.tgz",
@@ -22391,6 +22395,7 @@
         "@types/uuid": "^8.3.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+        "@waku/create": "*",
         "app-root-path": "^3.0.0",
         "chai": "^4.3.4",
         "cspell": "^5.14.0",
@@ -22488,6 +22493,7 @@
         "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^10.0.3",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+        "@waku/interfaces": "*",
         "cspell": "^5.14.0",
         "eslint": "^8.6.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
@@ -22506,6 +22512,37 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16"
       }
+    },
+    "packages/interfaces": {
+      "name": "@waku/interfaces",
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^9.0.2",
+        "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/github": "^8.0.6",
+        "@semantic-release/npm": "^9.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^10.0.3",
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+        "cspell": "^5.14.0",
+        "eslint": "^8.6.0",
+        "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^3.2.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-functional": "^4.0.2",
+        "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.25.3",
+        "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
+        "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+        "prettier": "^2.1.1",
+        "semantic-release": "^19.0.5",
+        "semantic-release-monorepo": "^7.0.5",
+        "typedoc": "^0.23.10",
+        "typescript": "^4.6.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16"
+      }
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -26745,6 +26782,7 @@
         "@types/uuid": "^8.3.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+        "@waku/create": "*",
         "app-root-path": "^3.0.0",
         "chai": "^4.3.4",
         "cspell": "^5.14.0",
@@ -26840,6 +26878,7 @@
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
         "@waku/core": "*",
+        "@waku/interfaces": "*",
         "cspell": "^5.14.0",
         "eslint": "^8.6.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
@@ -26856,6 +26895,32 @@
         "typescript": "^4.6.3"
       }
     },
+    "@waku/interfaces": {
+      "version": "file:packages/interfaces",
+      "requires": {
+        "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^9.0.2",
+        "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/github": "^8.0.6",
+        "@semantic-release/npm": "^9.0.1",
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^10.0.3",
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+        "cspell": "^5.14.0",
+        "eslint": "^8.6.0",
+        "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^3.2.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-functional": "^4.0.2",
+        "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.25.3",
+        "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
+        "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+        "prettier": "^2.1.1",
+        "semantic-release": "^19.0.5",
+        "semantic-release-monorepo": "^7.0.5",
+        "typedoc": "^0.23.10",
+        "typescript": "^4.6.3"
+      }
+    },
     "@webassemblyjs/ast": {
       "version": "1.11.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@webassemblyjs/ast/-/ast-1.11.1.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index c7b207f89a..35a156b0a2 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@waku/create": "*",
+    "@waku/interfaces": "*",
     "@libp2p/peer-id-factory": "^1.0.15",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^22.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/enr/enr.node.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/enr/enr.node.spec.ts
index f8daa69747..3753582875 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/enr/enr.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/enr/enr.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
+import { createLightNode } from "@waku/create";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { makeLogFileName, NOISE_KEY_1, Nwaku } from "../../test_utils";
-import { createWaku } from "../create_waku";
-import type { Waku } from "../interfaces";
+import type { WakuLight } from "../interfaces";
 import { waitForRemotePeer } from "../wait_for_remote_peer";
 import { Protocols } from "../waku";
 
 import { ENR } from "./enr";
 
 describe("ENR Interop: nwaku", function () {
-  let waku: Waku;
+  let waku: WakuLight;
   let nwaku: Nwaku;
 
   afterEach(async function () {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("ENR Interop: nwaku", function () {
     });
     const multiAddrWithId = await nwaku.getMultiaddrWithId();
 
-    waku = await createWaku({
+    waku = await createLightNode({
       staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
     });
     await waku.start();
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("ENR Interop: nwaku", function () {
     });
     const multiAddrWithId = await nwaku.getMultiaddrWithId();
 
-    waku = await createWaku({
+    waku = await createLightNode({
       staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
     });
     await waku.start();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/wait_for_remote_peer.node.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/wait_for_remote_peer.node.spec.ts
index 67793a890b..7c22b27d02 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/wait_for_remote_peer.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/wait_for_remote_peer.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import { createLightNode, createPrivacyNode } from "@waku/create";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { makeLogFileName, NOISE_KEY_1, Nwaku } from "../test_utils";
 import { delay } from "../test_utils/delay";
 
-import { createLightNode, createPrivacyNode } from "./create_waku";
 import type { WakuLight, WakuPrivacy } from "./interfaces";
 import { waitForRemotePeer } from "./wait_for_remote_peer";
 import { Protocols } from "./waku";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.node.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.node.spec.ts
index 3418c80281..f1de32548d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface-peer-id";
+import { createLightNode, createPrivacyNode } from "@waku/create";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import {
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   Nwaku,
 } from "../test_utils/";
 
-import { createLightNode, createPrivacyNode } from "./create_waku";
 import { generateSymmetricKey } from "./crypto";
 import type { Message, Waku, WakuLight, WakuPrivacy } from "./interfaces";
 import { PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers } from "./peer_discovery_static_list";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.spec.ts
index efde19c331..cd670ee90d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface-peer-id";
+import { createWaku } from "@waku/create";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
-import { createWaku } from "./create_waku";
 import type { Waku } from "./interfaces";
 
 describe("Waku Dial", function () {
diff --git a/packages/create/package.json b/packages/create/package.json
index 28bab12f57..b094e5ea30 100644
--- a/packages/create/package.json
+++ b/packages/create/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "@waku/core": "*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@waku/interfaces": "*",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^22.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^13.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/create/src/index.ts b/packages/create/src/index.ts
index 49734a9b3d..76fb399a89 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create/src/index.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,9 @@ import {
   WakuRelay,
   WakuStore,
 } from "@waku/core";
-import type {
-  Waku,
-  WakuFull,
-  WakuLight,
-  WakuPrivacy,
-} from "@waku/core/lib/interfaces";
 import { PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers } from "@waku/core/lib/peer_discovery_static_list";
 import { getPredefinedBootstrapNodes } from "@waku/core/lib/predefined_bootstrap_nodes";
+import type { WakuFull, WakuLight, WakuPrivacy } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import type { Libp2p } from "libp2p";
 import { createLibp2p, Libp2pOptions } from "libp2p";
 
@@ -150,35 +145,6 @@ export async function createFullNode(
   ) as WakuFull;
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated use { @link createLightNode }, { @link createPrivacyNode } or
- * { @link index.waku.WakuNode.constructor } instead.
- */
-export async function createWaku(
-  options?: CreateOptions & WakuOptions & Partial<RelayCreateOptions>
-): Promise<Waku> {
-  const libp2pOptions = options?.libp2p ?? {};
-  const peerDiscovery = libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery ?? [];
-  if (options?.defaultBootstrap) {
-    peerDiscovery.push(defaultPeerDiscovery());
-    Object.assign(libp2pOptions, { peerDiscovery });
-  }
-
-  const libp2p = await defaultLibp2p(new WakuRelay(options), libp2pOptions);
-
-  const wakuStore = new WakuStore(libp2p, options);
-  const wakuLightPush = new WakuLightPush(libp2p, options);
-  const wakuFilter = new WakuFilter(libp2p, options);
-
-  return new WakuNode(
-    options ?? {},
-    libp2p,
-    wakuStore,
-    wakuLightPush,
-    wakuFilter
-  );
-}
-
 export function defaultPeerDiscovery(): PeerDiscovery {
   return new PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers(getPredefinedBootstrapNodes());
 }
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/.eslintrc.cjs b/packages/interfaces/.eslintrc.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..324f1f526d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = {
+  parserOptions: {
+    tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
+    project: "./tsconfig.dev.json",
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/.prettierignore b/packages/interfaces/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fecb37a393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build
+bundle
+dist
+node_modules
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/package.json b/packages/interfaces/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a77296e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+{
+  "name": "@waku/interfaces",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Definition of Waku interfaces",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "author": "Waku Team",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/tree/master/packages/interfaces#readme",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
+  "keywords": [
+    "waku",
+    "decentralized",
+    "secure",
+    "communication",
+    "web3",
+    "ethereum",
+    "dapps",
+    "privacy"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "exit 0",
+    "fix": "run-s fix:*",
+    "fix:prettier": "prettier . --write",
+    "fix:lint": "eslint src --ext .ts --ext .cjs --fix",
+    "check": "run-s check:*",
+    "check:lint": "eslint src --ext .ts",
+    "check:prettier": "prettier . --list-different",
+    "check:spelling": "cspell \"{README.md,src/**/*.ts}\"",
+    "check:tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.dev.json",
+    "test": "exit 0 # Tested in @waku/core",
+    "proto": "exit 0 # no proto",
+    "doc": "run-s doc:*",
+    "doc:html": "typedoc --treatWarningsAsErrors",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "reset-hard": "git clean -dfx -e .idea && git reset --hard && npm i && npm run build",
+    "release": "semantic-release"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=16"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^9.0.2",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/github": "^8.0.6",
+    "@semantic-release/npm": "^9.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^10.0.3",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.8.1",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.8.1",
+    "cspell": "^5.14.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.6.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^3.2.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-functional": "^4.0.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.25.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
+    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+    "prettier": "^2.1.1",
+    "semantic-release": "^19.0.5",
+    "semantic-release-monorepo": "^7.0.5",
+    "typedoc": "^0.23.10",
+    "typescript": "^4.6.3"
+  },
+  "release": {
+    "branches": [
+      "master"
+    ],
+    "extends": "semantic-release-monorepo",
+    "plugins": [
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+        {
+          "preset": "conventionalcommits",
+          "releaseRules": [
+            {
+              "breaking": true,
+              "release": "major"
+            },
+            {
+              "revert": true,
+              "release": "patch"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "feat",
+              "release": "minor"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "fix",
+              "release": "patch"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "doc",
+              "release": "patch"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "test",
+              "release": "patch"
+            },
+            {
+              "scope": "deps",
+              "release": "patch"
+            },
+            {
+              "scope": "no-release",
+              "release": false
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        {
+          "preset": "conventionalcommits",
+          "presetConfig": {
+            "types": [
+              {
+                "type": "feat",
+                "section": "Features"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "fix",
+                "section": "Bug Fixes"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "chore",
+                "section": "Trivial Changes"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "doc",
+                "section": "Documentation"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "test",
+                "section": "Tests"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "@semantic-release/changelog",
+      "@semantic-release/npm",
+      "@semantic-release/github",
+      "@semantic-release/git"
+    ]
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "bundle",
+    "src/*.ts",
+    "src/lib/**/*.ts",
+    "src/proto/**/*.ts",
+    "!**/*.spec.*",
+    "!**/*.json",
+    "CHANGELOG.md",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "README.md"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/interfaces.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/index.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/lib/interfaces.ts
rename to packages/interfaces/src/index.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.dev.json b/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffc27ef6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "exclude": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.json b/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b01b30897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "incremental": true,
+    "target": "es2020",
+    "outDir": "dist/",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "es2020",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true /* Include modules imported with .json extension. */,
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/.tsbuildinfo",
+    "strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,
+
+    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
+    "noImplicitAny": true /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */,
+    "strictNullChecks": true /* Enable strict null checks. */,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true /* Enable strict checking of function types. */,
+    "strictPropertyInitialization": true /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */,
+    "noImplicitThis": true /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */,
+    "alwaysStrict": true /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */,
+
+    /* Additional Checks */
+    "noUnusedLocals": true /* Report errors on unused locals. */,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true /* Report errors on unused parameters. */,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+
+    /* Debugging Options */
+    "traceResolution": false /* Report module resolution log messages. */,
+    "listEmittedFiles": false /* Print names of generated files part of the compilation. */,
+    "listFiles": false /* Print names of files part of the compilation. */,
+    "pretty": true /* Stylize errors and messages using color and context. */,
+
+    // Due to broken types in indirect dependencies
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+
+    /* Experimental Options */
+    // "experimentalDecorators": true /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */,
+    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */,
+
+    "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],
+    "types": ["node", "mocha"],
+    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "src/types"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/test_utils"],
+  "compileOnSave": false,
+  "ts-node": {
+    "files": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/typedoc.json b/packages/interfaces/typedoc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b4aa6af86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/interfaces/typedoc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "entryPoints": ["./src/index.ts"],
+  "out": "build/docs",
+  "exclude": ["**/*.spec.ts"],
+  "excludeInternal": true,
+  "validation": {
+    "invalidLink": true,
+    "notExported": true
+  }
+}