diff --git a/nest/common/route_resolver.py b/nest/common/route_resolver.py
index 9d545c4..0fda4a1 100644
--- a/nest/common/route_resolver.py
+++ b/nest/common/route_resolver.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI
+from nest.engine.proto import App, Router
 
 
 class RoutesResolver:
-    def __init__(self, container, app_ref: FastAPI):
+    def __init__(self, container, app_ref: App):
         self.container = container
         self.app_ref = app_ref
 
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ def register_routes(self):
                 self.register_route(controller)
 
     def register_route(self, controller):
-        router: APIRouter = controller.get_router()
+        router: Router = controller.get_router()
         self.app_ref.include_router(router)
+
diff --git a/nest/core/cli_factory.py b/nest/core/cli_factory.py
index 99284be..e0338ee 100644
--- a/nest/core/cli_factory.py
+++ b/nest/core/cli_factory.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 import click
 
 from nest.core.pynest_container import PyNestContainer
-from nest.core.pynest_factory import AbstractPyNestFactory, ModuleType
+from nest.core.pynest_factory import PyNestFactory, ModuleType
 
 
-class CLIAppFactory(AbstractPyNestFactory):
+class CLIAppFactory(PyNestFactory):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
 
diff --git a/nest/core/decorators/class_based_view.py b/nest/core/decorators/class_based_view.py
index 18cf0b8..aadf378 100644
--- a/nest/core/decorators/class_based_view.py
+++ b/nest/core/decorators/class_based_view.py
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
     List,
     Type,
     TypeVar,
-    Union,
     get_origin,
     get_type_hints,
 )
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
-from starlette.routing import Route, WebSocketRoute
+
+from nest.engine.proto import Router, RouteProtocol, Route
+from fastapi import Depends  # TODO: remove in future release
+
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 K = TypeVar("K", bound=Callable[..., Any])
@@ -25,19 +26,19 @@
 CBV_CLASS_KEY = "__cbv_class__"
 
 
-def class_based_view(router: APIRouter, cls: Type[T]) -> Type[T]:
+def class_based_view(router: Router, cls: Type[T]) -> Type[T]:
     """
     Replaces any methods of the provided class `cls` that are endpoints of routes in `router` with updated
     function calls that will properly inject an instance of `cls`.
     """
     _init_cbv(cls)
-    cbv_router = APIRouter()
+    cbv_router = router.__class__()
     function_members = inspect.getmembers(cls, inspect.isfunction)
     functions_set = set(func for _, func in function_members)
     cbv_routes = [
         route
         for route in router.routes
-        if isinstance(route, (Route, WebSocketRoute))
+        if isinstance(route, RouteProtocol)
         and route.endpoint in functions_set
     ]
     for route in cbv_routes:
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ def new_init(self: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
 
 
 def _update_cbv_route_endpoint_signature(
-    cls: Type[Any], route: Union[Route, WebSocketRoute]
+    cls: Type[Any], route: Route
 ) -> None:
     """
     Fixes the endpoint signature for a cbv route to ensure FastAPI performs dependency injection properly.
@@ -110,4 +111,4 @@ def _update_cbv_route_endpoint_signature(
         for parameter in old_parameters[1:]
     ]
     new_signature = old_signature.replace(parameters=new_parameters)
-    setattr(route.endpoint, "__signature__", new_signature)
\ No newline at end of file
+    setattr(route.endpoint, "__signature__", new_signature)
diff --git a/nest/core/decorators/controller.py b/nest/core/decorators/controller.py
index 8073083..edb2da0 100644
--- a/nest/core/decorators/controller.py
+++ b/nest/core/decorators/controller.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional, Type
 
-from fastapi.routing import APIRouter
-
+from nest.engine.proto import Router
+from nest.engine.fastapi import FastAPIRouter
 from nest.core.decorators.class_based_view import class_based_view as ClassBasedView
 from nest.core.decorators.http_method import HTTPMethod
 from nest.core.decorators.utils import get_instance_variables, parse_dependencies
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ def Controller(prefix: Optional[str] = None, tag: Optional[str] = None):
     route_prefix = process_prefix(prefix, tag)
 
     def wrapper(cls: Type) -> Type[ClassBasedView]:
-        router = APIRouter(tags=[tag] if tag else None)
+        tags = [tag] if tag else None
+        # TODO: replace with factory
+        router: Router = FastAPIRouter(tags=tags)
 
         # Process class dependencies
         process_dependencies(cls)
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ def ensure_init_method(cls: Type) -> None:
         pass
 
 
-def add_routes(cls: Type, router: APIRouter, route_prefix: str) -> None:
+def add_routes(cls: Type, router: Router, route_prefix: str) -> None:
     """Add routes from class methods to the router."""
     for method_name, method_function in cls.__dict__.items():
         if callable(method_function) and hasattr(method_function, "__http_method__"):
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ def configure_method_route(method_function: callable, route_prefix: str) -> None
         method_function.__route_path__ = method_function.__route_path__.rstrip("/")
 
 
-def add_route_to_router(router: APIRouter, method_function: callable) -> None:
+def add_route_to_router(router: Router, method_function: callable) -> None:
     """Add the configured route to the router."""
     route_kwargs = {
         "path": method_function.__route_path__,
diff --git a/nest/core/pynest_application.py b/nest/core/pynest_application.py
index 22e2669..ae70ee4 100644
--- a/nest/core/pynest_application.py
+++ b/nest/core/pynest_application.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Any
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI
-
 from nest.common.route_resolver import RoutesResolver
 from nest.core.pynest_app_context import PyNestApplicationContext
 from nest.core.pynest_container import PyNestContainer
+from nest.engine.proto import App
 
 
 class PyNestApp(PyNestApplicationContext):
@@ -19,13 +17,13 @@ class PyNestApp(PyNestApplicationContext):
     def is_listening(self) -> bool:
         return self._is_listening
 
-    def __init__(self, container: PyNestContainer, http_server: FastAPI):
+    def __init__(self, container: PyNestContainer, http_server: App):
         """
         Initialize the PyNestApp with the given container and HTTP server.
 
         Args:
             container (PyNestContainer): The PyNestContainer container instance.
-            http_server (FastAPI): The FastAPI server instance.
+            http_server (App): The App server instance.
         """
         self.container = container
         self.http_server = http_server
@@ -48,12 +46,12 @@ def use(self, middleware: type, **options: Any) -> "PyNestApp":
         self.http_server.add_middleware(middleware, **options)
         return self
 
-    def get_server(self) -> FastAPI:
+    def get_server(self) -> App:
         """
-        Get the FastAPI server instance.
+        Get the App server instance.
 
         Returns:
-            FastAPI: The FastAPI server instance.
+            App: The App server instance.
         """
         return self.http_server
 
diff --git a/nest/core/pynest_factory.py b/nest/core/pynest_factory.py
index 2d988ae..1271edf 100644
--- a/nest/core/pynest_factory.py
+++ b/nest/core/pynest_factory.py
@@ -1,25 +1,47 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Type, TypeVar
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from typing import Type, TypeVar, overload, Union, Optional
 
 from nest.core.pynest_application import PyNestApp
 from nest.core.pynest_container import PyNestContainer
+from nest.engine.proto import App
+from nest.engine.fastapi import FastAPIApp
+
 
 ModuleType = TypeVar("ModuleType")
 
 
-class AbstractPyNestFactory(ABC):
-    @abstractmethod
-    def create(self, main_module: Type[ModuleType], **kwargs):
-        raise NotImplementedError
+class PyNestFactory:
+    """Factory class for creating PyNest applications."""
 
+    @staticmethod
+    @overload
+    def create(
+        main_module: Type[ModuleType],
+        app_cls: Type[FastAPIApp],
+        title: str = "",
+        description: str = "",
+        version: Optional[Union[str, int, float]] = None,
+        debug: bool = False,
+    ) -> PyNestApp:
+        """
+            Create a PyNest application of FastAPIApp kind.
+        """
 
-class PyNestFactory(AbstractPyNestFactory):
-    """Factory class for creating PyNest applications."""
+    @staticmethod
+    @overload
+    def create(
+        main_module: Type[ModuleType],
+        app_cls: Type[App],
+    ) -> PyNestApp:
+        """
+            Create a PyNest application of FastAPIApp kind.
+        """
 
     @staticmethod
-    def create(main_module: Type[ModuleType], **kwargs) -> PyNestApp:
+    def create(
+        main_module: Type[ModuleType],
+        app_cls: Type[App] = FastAPIApp,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> PyNestApp:
         """
         Create a PyNest application with the specified main module class.
 
@@ -32,11 +54,11 @@ def create(main_module: Type[ModuleType], **kwargs) -> PyNestApp:
         """
         container = PyNestContainer()
         container.add_module(main_module)
-        http_server = PyNestFactory._create_server(**kwargs)
+        http_server = PyNestFactory._create_server(app_cls, **kwargs)
         return PyNestApp(container, http_server)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _create_server(**kwargs) -> FastAPI:
+    def _create_server(app_cls: Type[App], **kwargs) -> App:
         """
         Create a FastAPI server.
 
@@ -46,4 +68,4 @@ def _create_server(**kwargs) -> FastAPI:
         Returns:
             FastAPI: The created FastAPI server.
         """
-        return FastAPI(**kwargs)
+        return app_cls(**kwargs)
diff --git a/nest/engine/fastapi/__init__.py b/nest/engine/fastapi/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d4cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter as FastAPIRouter
+from fastapi import FastAPI as FastAPIApp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nest/engine/proto/__init__.py b/nest/engine/proto/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c39bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/proto/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .app import App
+from .router import Router
+from .route import Route, RouteProtocol
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nest/engine/proto/app.py b/nest/engine/proto/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a1929e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/proto/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from typing import Protocol, TypeVar, List, Optional, Iterable
+
+from nest.engine.proto.router import Router
+from nest.engine.proto.route import Route
+from nest.engine.types import Endpoint
+
+Middleware = TypeVar('Middleware')
+
+
+class AppProtocol(Protocol):
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None: ...
+    def add_middleware(self, middleware: Middleware, **options) -> None: ...
+    def include_router(self, router: Router, *, prefix: str = "", tags: Optional[List[str]] = None, **options) -> None: ...
+    def add_api_route(self, *, path: str, endpoint: Endpoint, methods: Optional[Iterable[str]]) -> None: ...
+    @property
+    def routes(self) -> List[Route]: ...
+
+
+App = TypeVar('App', bound=AppProtocol)
diff --git a/nest/engine/proto/route.py b/nest/engine/proto/route.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d586b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/proto/route.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from typing import Protocol, TypeVar, runtime_checkable
+
+from nest.engine.types import Endpoint
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class RouteProtocol(Protocol):
+    endpoint: Endpoint
+    """Function representing the route endpoint logic."""
+
+
+Route = TypeVar('Route', bound=RouteProtocol)
diff --git a/nest/engine/proto/router.py b/nest/engine/proto/router.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07147ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/proto/router.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from typing import Protocol, List, Optional, TypeVar, Iterable, runtime_checkable
+from .route import Route
+from ..types import Endpoint
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class RouterProtocol(Protocol):
+    routes: List[Route]
+    def __init__(self, tags: Optional[List[str]] = None, **kwargs) -> None: ...
+    def include_router(self, router: 'RouterProtocol', **kwargs) -> None: ...
+    def add_api_route(self, *, path: str, endpoint: Endpoint, methods: Optional[Iterable[str]]) -> None: ...
+
+
+Router = TypeVar('Router', bound=RouterProtocol)
diff --git a/nest/engine/types.py b/nest/engine/types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffde65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/engine/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Callable, Any
+from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+
+Endpoint: TypeAlias = Callable[..., Any]
diff --git a/tests/test_core/__init__.py b/tests/test_core/__init__.py
index f5303b4..e0d78e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/__init__.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def test_module():
 @pytest.fixture
 def test_server() -> FastAPI:
     server = PyNestFactory._create_server(
+        app_cls=FastAPI,
         title="Test Server",
         description="This is a test server",
         version="1.0.0",