diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 48cb4c05ec..558f73eadb 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ Yihang Luo
 Alexandru Calotoiu
 Phillip Lane
 Samuel Martin
+Krutarth Patel
 
 and other contributors listed in https://github.com/spcl/dace/graphs/contributors
diff --git a/dace/libraries/standard/nodes/fill.py b/dace/libraries/standard/nodes/fill.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5dca7a9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dace/libraries/standard/nodes/fill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import dace
+from dace import library, nodes, properties
+from dace.transformation.transformation import ExpandTransformation
+from numbers import Number
+
+@library.expansion
+class ExpandPure(ExpandTransformation):
+    """Implements pure expansion of the Fill library node."""
+
+    environments = []
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def expansion(node, parent_state, parent_sdfg):
+        output = None
+        for e in parent_state.out_edges(node):
+            if e.src_conn == "_output":
+                output = parent_sdfg.arrays[e.data.data]
+        sdfg = dace.SDFG(f"{node.label}_sdfg")
+        _, out_arr = sdfg.add_array(
+            "_output",
+            output.shape,
+            output.dtype,
+            output.storage,
+            strides=output.strides,
+        )
+
+        state = sdfg.add_state(f"{node.label}_state")
+        map_params = [f"__i{i}" for i in range(len(out_arr.shape))]
+        map_rng = {i: f"0:{s}" for i, s in zip(map_params, out_arr.shape)}
+        out_mem = dace.Memlet(expr=f"_output[{','.join(map_params)}]")
+        inputs = {}
+        outputs = {"_out": out_mem}
+        code = f"_out = {node.value}"
+        state.add_mapped_tasklet(
+            f"{node.label}_tasklet", map_rng, inputs, code, outputs, external_edges=True
+        )
+
+        return sdfg
+
+
+@library.node
+class Fill(nodes.LibraryNode):
+    """Implements filling data containers with a single value"""
+
+    implementations = {"pure": ExpandPure}
+    default_implementation = "pure"
+    value = properties.SymbolicProperty(
+        dtype=Number, default=0, desc="value to fill data container"
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, name, value=0):
+        super().__init__(name, outputs={"_output"})
+        self.value = value
+        self.name = name
diff --git a/dace/viewer/webclient b/dace/viewer/webclient
index c6b8fe4fd2..27174b1918 160000
--- a/dace/viewer/webclient
+++ b/dace/viewer/webclient
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6b8fe4fd2c3616b0480ead4c24d8012b91a31fd
+Subproject commit 27174b19180d6cf41e70a77a3a63bfef67ef6983
diff --git a/tests/library/fill_test.py b/tests/library/fill_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42a5624a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/library/fill_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# # Copyright 2019-2024 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
+import dace
+import numpy as np
+from dace.memlet import Memlet
+from dace.libraries.standard.nodes import fill
+
+
+def pure_graph(implementation, dtype, size):
+    sdfg_name = f"fill_{implementation}_{dtype.ctype}_w{size}"
+    sdfg = dace.SDFG(sdfg_name)
+
+    state = sdfg.add_state("fill")
+
+    value = dace.symbol("value")
+    sdfg.add_array("r", [size], dtype)
+    result = state.add_write("r")
+
+    fill_node = fill.Fill("fill")
+    fill_node.implementation = implementation
+    fill_node.value = value
+
+    # how to initialize memlet here?
+    state.add_memlet_path(fill_node, result, src_conn="_output", memlet=Memlet())
+
+    return sdfg
+
+
+def run_test(target, size, value):
+    if target == "pure":
+        sdfg = pure_graph("pure", dace.float32, size)
+        # expand the nested sdfg returned by fill node
+        sdfg.expand_library_nodes()
+    else:
+        print(f"Unsupported target: {target}")
+        exit(-1)
+
+    # we get the function we can call
+    fill = sdfg.compile()
+
+    # supposed to be filled
+    result = np.ndarray(size, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    # the parameters are all the symbols defined in the sdfg
+    fill(value=value, r=result)
+    for val in result:
+        if val != value:
+            raise ValueError(f"expected {value}, found {val}")
+    return sdfg
+
+
+def test_fill_pure():
+    # should not return a value error
+    assert isinstance(run_test("pure", 64, 1), dace.SDFG)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_fill_pure()