Koa is a lightweight, expressive HTTP middleware framework for Node.js, designed to provide a robust foundation for web applications and APIs. It leverages async/await to eliminate callback hell and offers a clean, stack-like middleware composition. The core library (~570 SLOC) includes essential HTTP utilities such as content negotiation, cookie handling, redirection, and error handling, but deliberately excludes routing and templating, leaving those to third-party middleware. The architecture centers around a Context object that encapsulates Node's req/res, with Request and Response abstractions providing convenient getters/setters. Koa v3 adds support for AsyncLocalStorage for per-request context, WHATWG Web API types (Blob, ReadableStream, Response) as response bodies, and improved security around host header parsing. The codebase is well-maintained, with active development, comprehensive test coverage, and modern Node.js practices.