diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/app.py b/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
index 9b38960..0d1eb77 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
@@ -152,6 +152,45 @@ class AppHandler:
         return self.config.get(f'{self.appname}.app_title',
                                default=default or self.default_app_title)
 
+    def get_node_title(self, default=None):
+        """
+        Returns the configured title for the local app node.
+
+        If none is configured, and no default provided, will return
+        the value from :meth:`get_title()`.
+
+        :param default: Value to use if the node title is not
+           configured.
+
+        :returns: Title for the local app node.
+        """
+        title = self.config.get(f'{self.appname}.node_title')
+        if title:
+            return title
+        return self.get_title(default=default)
+
+    def get_node_type(self, default=None):
+        """
+        Returns the "type" of current app node.
+
+        The framework itself does not (yet?) have any notion of what a
+        node type means.  This abstraction is here for convenience, in
+        case it is needed by a particular app ecosystem.
+
+        :returns: String name for the node type, or ``None``.
+
+        The node type must be configured via file; this cannot be done
+        with a DB setting.  Depending on :attr:`appname` that is like
+        so:
+
+        .. code-block:: ini
+
+           [wutta]
+           node_type = warehouse
+        """
+        return self.config.get(f'{self.appname}.node_type', default=default,
+                               usedb=False)
+
     def get_distribution(self, obj=None):
         """
         Returns the appropriate Python distribution name.
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index d57b756..35ec466 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -179,6 +179,28 @@ class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
     def test_get_title(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.app.get_title(), 'WuttJamaican')
 
+    def test_get_node_title(self):
+
+        # default
+        self.assertEqual(self.app.get_node_title(), 'WuttJamaican')
+
+        # will fallback to app title
+        self.config.setdefault('wuttatest.app_title', "WuttaTest")
+        self.assertEqual(self.app.get_node_title(), 'WuttaTest')
+
+        # will read from config
+        self.config.setdefault('wuttatest.node_title', "WuttaNode")
+        self.assertEqual(self.app.get_node_title(), 'WuttaNode')
+
+    def test_get_node_type(self):
+
+        # default
+        self.assertIsNone(self.app.get_node_type())
+
+        # will read from config
+        self.config.setdefault('wuttatest.node_type', 'warehouse')
+        self.assertEqual(self.app.get_node_type(), 'warehouse')
+
     def test_get_distribution(self):
 
         try: