From the contribution log on the Sails project, I don't know if there is still regular support for Sailsjs

I havent used SailsJS before but I've used Loopback.io and I've used for most of the projects that require an API in node. You can literally have an API working in minutes with all of its CRUD endpoints and relations between models along with documentation.

Here is another site that could help you find the right node framework for your project

Meteor Js. Easy to Deploy, Beautiful community.

Hi, I have no experience on SailsJS but if you want to stay on MEAN stack you could try our new tool called API Plug. With API Plug you could link your MongoDB and automatically generate your NodeJS Rest-API in 5 minutes with a few clicks. Also it allows you to use MySQL as datasource and PHP/Laravel output too but for your MEAN stack MongoDB and NodeJS API will be sufficient. You can try it for free from apiplug.com

My preference is AngularJS with Parse.com backend.. for web, and ionic with parse.com, parse.com removes a lot of backend work.. once the MVP get a few users slowly build the backend in which ever stack works well :)

Never worked with SailsJS. Actually I would say, you can use every Framework you are familiar with. Beeing familiar with a framework or stack is imo the most important point.

My stack is mostly:

• Laravel
• If you want it cool VueJs / ReactJs for frontend
• DB depends on the projects I guess. I wouldnt always pick mongo. But mongo / mariadb / firebase ... something like that.

I think meteorjs could be also a good pick. As its a fullstack framework with a lot of prebuild stuff in it. And actually pretty easy to dive in.

This seems to be a great discussion that partially addresses what you are looking for. Although I have never used SailsJS, I have heard a lot of good things about it. In general I feel MEAN stack (or replace Express with Sails) can be really really fast when it comes to developing MVPs and prototypes when compared to technologies like Java, Ruby etc.