Thank you to everyone who donated in August. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.
In August 2026, GhostBSD received 1,107.25 CAD in donations: 513.25 CAD from Patreon (369.30 USD) and 594.00 CAD from PayPal.
Compared to July 2026 (1,213.52 CAD), this is a decrease of -106.27 CAD (-8.8%). Compared to August 2025 (1,292.77 CAD), this is a decrease of -185.52 CAD (-14.4%). August is the first month of 2026 to come in below the same month last year, though the year as a whole remains well ahead of 2025.
The 2026 year-to-date total is 10,720.49 CAD, putting us at 35.7% of our annual goal of 30,000 CAD.
Expenses
Infrastructure Costs
- So You Start: 161.14 CAD, dedicated servers, web hosting, and 6 IPs for jails
- OVHcloud dedicated server: 108.99 CAD
- Storj: 118.72 CAD, package distribution
- Home server (power + connectivity): 160.00 CAD
Other Expenses
- Claude Pro: 32.20 CAD
Total Expenses: 581.05 CAD
Net for August: 526.20 CAD
Server Fund
500.00 CAD from August goes toward the server fund, bringing the total set aside to approximately 10,100.00 CAD. This fund is working toward purchasing an Ampere ARM server to add ARM build support in the future.
Contributors/Sponsors
See the Donors List: https://www.ghostbsd.org/donors
See the Patron List: https://www.ghostbsd.org/about/patreon
Thank you all for your support and donations. It keeps the project infrastructure running and helps build a better GhostBSD for the future.
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