Package

koa-better-body

Full-featured [koa][] body parser! Support parsing text, buffer, json, json patch, json api, csp-report, multipart, form and urlencoded bodies. Works for koa@1, koa@2 and will work for koa@3.

v3.3.9, 28 Mar 2020MPL-2.0ESM + CommonJSTypes: NoneHTTP servers and web frameworks Build tools

$ npm install koa-better-body

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 5.1k; +11% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 years ago; v3.3.9
GitHub stars: 486; 19 forks
Open issues / PRs: 42 / 3
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

5,081 downloads last week, 24,856 in the last month. The 12-month change of +11% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 3.3.9, 28 Mar 20206 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 21 Feb 2026215 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 42
Open pull requests: 3
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 60

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=8.11
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 91 kB
Dependencies (3): formidableextend-shallowkoa-body-parsers

Install

npm install koa-better-body

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/koa-better-body@3.3.9/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/koa-better-body@3.3.9/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/koa-better-body@3.3.9

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 5081 < 10000.