February 2026 Finance Report

Thank you to everyone who donated in February. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In February 2026, GhostBSD received 1,514.90 CAD in donations: 509.90 CAD from Patreon (374.93 USD) and 1,005.00 CAD from PayPal.

Compared to January 2026 (1,259.52 CAD), this is an increase of +255.38 CAD (+20.3%). Compared to February 2025 (1,186.77 CAD), this is an increase of +328.13 CAD (+27.6%), an excellent month for the project.

The 2026 year-to-date total is 2,774.42 CAD, putting us at 9.2% of our annual goal of 30,000 CAD.

Expenses

Infrastructure Costs

  • So You Start: 152.93 CAD, dedicated servers, web hosting, and 6 IPs for jails
  • Storj: 115.35 CAD, package distribution
  • Home server (power + connectivity): 160.00 CAD

Other Expenses

  • Claude Pro: 32.20 CAD

Total Expenses: 460.48 CAD

Net for February: 1,054.42 CAD

Server Fund

1,000.00 CAD from February goes toward the server fund, bringing the total set aside to approximately 6,200.00 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.