This project uses node modules adapted by tinkerlog for spi and adafruit-pixels, which are required to control WS2801 LEDs via Raspberry Pi.
Install Node.js. Since the Raspian Version is to old, you could use this pre built version of Node v0.8.15 instead of building a current version yourself.
$ npm install # install dependencies
$ cd node_modules/spi && npm install # install dependencies of SPI manually
$ sudo node index.js # start server with sudo for SPI access