KISSY is a front-end framework that was created in 2009 to serve the electronic commerce industry. It aims to be a fully-featured, flexible, and community-driven framework. The document discusses KISSY's history and future plans. It went through conception, incubation, rapid growth, and stable development periods. Core features now include the seed layer, modules, components, and galleries. Future plans include improving the loader and adopting promises. The goal is to provide a stable, bug-free framework with friendly APIs.