Node Boilerplate

http://www.nodeboilerplate.com/

Node Boilerplate is a tool for generating boilerplate web applications that run on node.js. A generated application comes already configured with common web development tools, so you can spend less time configuring and more time coding.

Quickstart

npm install -g nodeboilerplate  # Install nodeboilerplate
nodeboilerplate mysite          # Create new boilerplate app
cd mysite && npm install        # Install app dependencies
node app.js                     # Run app

Configuration

nodeboilerplate --help          # See all configuration options

Core

Express

http://expressjs.com/

Optimist

https://github.com/substack/node-optimist

Template Engines

{{ mustache }} - DEFAULT

https://github.com/raycmorgan/Mu

jQuery Templates

https://github.com/kof/node-jqtpl

nodeboilerplate --template jqtpl mysite

Stylesheet Language

LESS

http://lesscss.org/