From the FAQ: "Well, it's true that Spine was inspired by Backbone, an excellent library, and its controller API is very similar. However, the similarities end

From the FAQ: "Well, it's true that Spine was inspired by Backbone, an excellent library, and its controller API is very similar. However, the similarities end there. Internally the library works very differently. For example, Spine has no need for Collections, which are required for pretty much every model in Backbone. Spine provides a class library, and has very different ideas when it comes to server sync. Lastly, Spine is much simpler and half the size, go and check out the source." http://maccman.github.com/spine/#h-faq http://maccman.github.com/spine/#h-faq