Cabana is loosely based on underscores. This Yeoman generator will download Cabana, change all references to your theme name and run npm install for you.
This generator is not published on NPM so use this method to download and install
Install Yeoman (if you don't already have it):
npm install -g yo
Install this generator globally on your system:
npm install -g https://github.com/bluetent/generator-wp-cabana/tarball/master
Make a directory for your theme:
mkdir themename && cd themename
Run the generator:
yo wp-cabana
And then follow the propmts.