diff --git a/config/packages/security.yaml b/config/packages/security.yaml
index c2241f08..dab2b5dd 100644
--- a/config/packages/security.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/security.yaml
@@ -71,3 +71,5 @@ security:
         - { path: "^/\\w{2}/tree", role: PUBLIC_ACCESS }
         # Restrict access to API to users, which has the API access permission
         - { path: "^/api", allow_if: 'is_granted("@api.access_api") and is_authenticated()' }
+        # Restrict access to KICAD to users, which has API access permission
+        - { path: "^/kicad-api", allow_if: 'is_granted("@api.access_api") and is_authenticated()' }
diff --git a/src/Controller/KiCADAPIController.php b/src/Controller/KiCADAPIController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46d05c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Controller/KiCADAPIController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Part-DB (https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-symfony).
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 Jan Böhmer (https://github.com/jbtronics)
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ *  by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+
+namespace App\Controller;
+
+use App\Entity\Parts\Category;
+use App\Entity\Parts\Part;
+use App\Services\Trees\NodesListBuilder;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+#[Route('/kicad-api/v1')]
+class KiCADAPIController extends AbstractController
+{
+    public function __construct(private readonly EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    #[Route('/', name: 'kicad_api_root')]
+    public function root(): Response
+    {
+        //The API documentation says this can be either blank or the URL to the endpoints
+        return $this->json([
+            'categories' => '',
+            'parts' => '',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    #[Route('/categories.json', name: 'kicad_api_categories')]
+    public function categories(NodesListBuilder $nodesListBuilder): Response
+    {
+        $categories = $nodesListBuilder->typeToNodesList(Category::class);
+        $result = [];
+        foreach ($categories as $category) {
+            $result[] = [
+                'id' => (string) $category->getId(),
+                'name' => $category->getFullPath('/'),
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return $this->json($result);
+    }
+
+    #[Route('/parts/category/{category}.json', name: 'kicad_api_category')]
+    public function categoryParts(Category $category): Response
+    {
+        $category_repo = $this->em->getRepository(Category::class);
+        $parts = $category_repo->getParts($category);
+
+        $result = [];
+        foreach ($parts as $part) {
+            $result[] = [
+                'id' => (string) $part->getId(),
+                'name' => $part->getName(),
+                'description' => $part->getDescription(),
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return $this->json($result);
+    }
+
+    #[Route('/parts/{part}.json', name: 'kicad_api_part')]
+    public function partDetails(Part $part): Response
+    {
+        return $this->json($this->partToKiCADPart($part));
+    }
+
+    private function partToKiCADPart(Part $part): array
+    {
+        $result = [
+            'id' => (string) $part->getId(),
+            'name' => $part->getName(),
+            "symbolIdStr" => "Device:R",
+            "exclude_from_bom" => "False",
+            "exclude_from_board" => "False",
+            "exclude_from_sim" => "True",
+            "fields" => []
+        ];
+
+        //Add misc fields
+        $result["fields"]["description"] = $this->createValue($part->getDescription());
+        $result["fields"]["value"] = $this->createValue($part->getName(), true);
+        $result["fields"]["keywords"] = $this->createValue($part->getTags());
+        if ($part->getManufacturer()) {
+            $result["fields"]["manufacturer"] = $this->createValue($part->getManufacturer()->getName());
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    private function createValue(string|int|float $value, bool $visible = false): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'value' => (string) $value,
+            'visible' => $visible ? 'True' : 'False',
+        ];
+    }
+}
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