Express is a web application framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
Phusion Passenger is a free web server and application server with support for Ruby, Python and Node.js.