For an overview of the Katana Project's core concepts and components, refer to the whitepaper, An Overview of Project Katana
What is Katana?
Katana is a collection of projects for supporting OWIN http://owin.org with various Microsoft components. Currently it includes OWIN support for System.Web and System.Net.HttpListener.
Also included is a OwinHost.exe for running self-host servers (like HttpListener) from the command line.
How do I run my Katana app or framework?
These Hello World instructions will help you set up an Katana based project and then author and deploy an Katana based app.