Hi,
I am node.js enthusiast, who keep on learning node.js technologies like meteorjs,express, fullstackangularjs.
I am myself a nodejs developer having more than 3 years of experience in nodejs.
Loopback framework is easiest way to make rest API, plus its supported by IBM.
On which Local machines do you want to run it please let me know. Presently I have already set on ubuntu 12.04 lts and windows 7 machine.
You could always call me to discuss over the project