diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b1c866980..2b7722cae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ classifiers = [
 description = "Control system agnostic framework for building Device support in Python that will work for both EPICS and Tango"
 dependencies = [
     "aioserial",
+    "fastapi[standard]",
     "numpy",
     "pydantic",
     "pvi~=0.10.0",
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ dev = [
     "types-mock",
     "aioca",
     "p4p",
+    "httpx",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/src/fastcs/backends/rest/__init__.py b/src/fastcs/backends/rest/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/fastcs/backends/rest/backend.py b/src/fastcs/backends/rest/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97b9d2322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fastcs/backends/rest/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from fastcs.backend import Backend
+from fastcs.controller import Controller
+
+from .rest import RestServer
+
+
+class RestBackend(Backend):
+    def __init__(self, controller: Controller):
+        super().__init__(controller)
+
+        self._server = RestServer(self._mapping)
+
+    def _run(self):
+        self._server.run()
diff --git a/src/fastcs/backends/rest/rest.py b/src/fastcs/backends/rest/rest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d41acdfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fastcs/backends/rest/rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Coroutine
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any
+
+import uvicorn
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import create_model
+
+from fastcs.attributes import AttrR, AttrRW, AttrW, T
+from fastcs.controller import BaseController
+from fastcs.mapping import Mapping
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RestServerOptions:
+    host: str = "localhost"
+    port: int = 8080
+    log_level: str = "info"
+
+
+class RestServer:
+    def __init__(self, mapping: Mapping):
+        self._mapping = mapping
+        self._app = self._create_app()
+
+    def _create_app(self):
+        app = FastAPI()
+        _add_attribute_api_routes(app, self._mapping)
+        _add_command_api_routes(app, self._mapping)
+
+        return app
+
+    def run(self, options: RestServerOptions | None = None) -> None:
+        if options is None:
+            options = RestServerOptions()
+
+        uvicorn.run(
+            self._app,
+            host=options.host,
+            port=options.port,
+            log_level=options.log_level,
+        )
+
+
+def _put_request_body(attribute: AttrW[T]):
+    """
+    Creates a pydantic model for each datatype which defines the schema
+    of the PUT request body
+    """
+    type_name = str(attribute.datatype.dtype.__name__).title()
+    # key=(type, ...) to declare a field without default value
+    return create_model(
+        f"Put{type_name}Value",
+        value=(attribute.datatype.dtype, ...),
+    )
+
+
+def _wrap_attr_put(
+    attribute: AttrW[T],
+) -> Callable[[T], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]]:
+    async def attr_set(request):
+        await attribute.process(request.value)
+
+    # Fast api uses type annotations for validation, schema, conversions
+    attr_set.__annotations__["request"] = _put_request_body(attribute)
+
+    return attr_set
+
+
+def _get_response_body(attribute: AttrR[T]):
+    """
+    Creates a pydantic model for each datatype which defines the schema
+    of the GET request body
+    """
+    type_name = str(attribute.datatype.dtype.__name__).title()
+    # key=(type, ...) to declare a field without default value
+    return create_model(
+        f"Get{type_name}Value",
+        value=(attribute.datatype.dtype, ...),
+    )
+
+
+def _wrap_attr_get(
+    attribute: AttrR[T],
+) -> Callable[[], Coroutine[Any, Any, Any]]:
+    async def attr_get() -> Any:  # Must be any as response_model is set
+        value = attribute.get()  # type: ignore
+        return {"value": value}
+
+    return attr_get
+
+
+def _add_attribute_api_routes(app: FastAPI, mapping: Mapping) -> None:
+    for single_mapping in mapping.get_controller_mappings():
+        path = single_mapping.controller.path
+
+        for attr_name, attribute in single_mapping.attributes.items():
+            attr_name = attr_name.replace("_", "-")
+            route = f"{'/'.join(path)}/{attr_name}" if path else attr_name
+
+            match attribute:
+                # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods
+                case AttrRW():
+                    app.add_api_route(
+                        f"/{route}",
+                        _wrap_attr_get(attribute),
+                        methods=["GET"],  # Idempotent and safe data retrieval,
+                        status_code=200,  # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET
+                        response_model=_get_response_body(attribute),
+                    )
+                    app.add_api_route(
+                        f"/{route}",
+                        _wrap_attr_put(attribute),
+                        methods=["PUT"],  # Idempotent state change
+                        status_code=204,  # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT
+                    )
+                case AttrR():
+                    app.add_api_route(
+                        f"/{route}",
+                        _wrap_attr_get(attribute),
+                        methods=["GET"],
+                        status_code=200,
+                        response_model=_get_response_body(attribute),
+                    )
+                case AttrW():
+                    app.add_api_route(
+                        f"/{route}",
+                        _wrap_attr_put(attribute),
+                        methods=["PUT"],
+                        status_code=204,
+                    )
+
+
+def _wrap_command(
+    method: Callable, controller: BaseController
+) -> Callable[..., Awaitable[None]]:
+    async def command() -> None:
+        await getattr(controller, method.__name__)()
+
+    return command
+
+
+def _add_command_api_routes(app: FastAPI, mapping: Mapping) -> None:
+    for single_mapping in mapping.get_controller_mappings():
+        path = single_mapping.controller.path
+
+        for name, method in single_mapping.command_methods.items():
+            cmd_name = name.replace("_", "-")
+            route = f"/{'/'.join(path)}/{cmd_name}" if path else cmd_name
+            app.add_api_route(
+                f"/{route}",
+                _wrap_command(
+                    method.fn,
+                    single_mapping.controller,
+                ),
+                methods=["PUT"],
+                status_code=204,
+            )
diff --git a/tests/backends/rest/test_rest.py b/tests/backends/rest/test_rest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd506acd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/backends/rest/test_rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from fastcs.backends.rest.backend import RestBackend
+
+
+class TestRestServer:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def client(self, assertable_controller):
+        app = RestBackend(assertable_controller)._server._app
+        return TestClient(app)
+
+    def test_read_int(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["read_int"]):
+            response = client.get("/read-int")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+
+    def test_read_write_int(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["read_write_int"]):
+            response = client.get("/read-write-int")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+        new = 9
+        with assertable_controller.assert_write_here(["read_write_int"]):
+            response = client.put("/read-write-int", json={"value": new})
+        assert client.get("/read-write-int").json()["value"] == new
+
+    def test_read_write_float(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["read_write_float"]):
+            response = client.get("/read-write-float")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+        new = 0.5
+        with assertable_controller.assert_write_here(["read_write_float"]):
+            response = client.put("/read-write-float", json={"value": new})
+        assert client.get("/read-write-float").json()["value"] == new
+
+    def test_read_bool(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = False
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["read_bool"]):
+            response = client.get("/read-bool")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+
+    def test_write_bool(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        with assertable_controller.assert_write_here(["write_bool"]):
+            client.put("/write-bool", json={"value": True})
+
+    def test_string_enum(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = ""
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["string_enum"]):
+            response = client.get("/string-enum")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+        new = "new"
+        with assertable_controller.assert_write_here(["string_enum"]):
+            response = client.put("/string-enum", json={"value": new})
+        assert client.get("/string-enum").json()["value"] == new
+
+    def test_big_enum(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["big_enum"]):
+            response = client.get("/big-enum")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+
+    def test_go(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        with assertable_controller.assert_execute_here(["go"]):
+            response = client.put("/go")
+            assert response.status_code == 204
+
+    def test_read_child1(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["SubController01", "read_int"]):
+            response = client.get("/SubController01/read-int")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect
+
+    def test_read_child2(self, assertable_controller, client):
+        expect = 0
+        with assertable_controller.assert_read_here(["SubController02", "read_int"]):
+            response = client.get("/SubController02/read-int")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json()["value"] == expect