Node.js equivalent of Play! Framework [closed]

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I've been looking into using Node.js + CoffeeScript for my project instead of the Play! framework. I like the idea of being able to write both my client-side and server-side code in CoffeeScript, which is a great language.

I've taken a quick look through the list of frameworks here https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules and there seem to be quite a few choices in the web framework market. Can anyone recommend one that has a strong MVC architecture, and would afford the smoothest transition to Node.js?

Some of my nice-to-have features:

• Built-in security functionality
• ORM/some other kind of MySQL querying API
• View templates

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Express (Django-like web) + Mongoose (ORM)

http://expressjs.com
http://mongoosejs.com

EDIT: Sorry, forgot the part about MySQL. Mongoose is for MongoDB only. In that case, try Sequelize: http://sequelizejs.com

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try Batman.js

• extremely fast app server based on node.js uses all your same app code (models, controllers) so you don't duplicate code*
• include specific server side code, like security or proprietary code or extra validations*
• can do extra things like compile and minimize your code

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You may want to take a look at the:

Meteor https://www.meteor.com/

koa.js http://koajs.com/

Sails.js http://sailsjs.org/

MEAN.io http://mean.io/#!/

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compound.js, formerly RailwayJS, (express-on-railway) adds rails-style structure and MVC to Express