> I need to be able to asynchronously get data from all kinds of places before I can even think about calling React.renderToString You can define middlewares,

> I need to be able to asynchronously get data from all kinds of places before I can even think about calling React.renderToString You can define middlewares, as you would do server-side with expressjs: router.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/users/:userId', handler: function (ctx) { // load user async getUser(ctx.params.userId, function (err, user) { ctx.user = user; ctx.next(); // exec next middleware }); } }); There is a `demo` folder with a detailed example. The main entry point for the client is here https://github.com/gcanti/tom/blob/master/demo/client.js#L21 https://github.com/gcanti/tom/blob/master/demo/client.js#L21