Kocha

Kocha (v1.9.1) is a modern, simpler clone of Mocha for JavaScript testing in Node.js. It supports BDD-style test syntax (describe/it/beforeEach/afterEach) without globals, making it lint-friendly. It requires explicit imports from the 'kocha' package. Kocha has no dependencies and uses CommonJS modules. It offers timeout and retries as explicit API calls rather than via 'this'. It is maintained with release cadence as needed. Key differentiators: no globals, no standalone browser mode, no TDD/QUnit interfaces, intentionally simpler than Mocha.