Also there is DOMBuilder https://github.com/insin/DOMBuilder https://github.com/insin/DOMBuilder which has separate modes for using HTML mock elements on (node.

Also there is DOMBuilder https://github.com/insin/DOMBuilder https://github.com/insin/DOMBuilder which has separate modes for using HTML mock elements on (node.js) server-side or DOM elements in browsers. The mock elements are implementing only a very small set of the DOM functions, but if you extend it a little then it can be useful to share Backbone-like views between server and client.