Thank you to everyone who donated in October. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.
In October 2026, GhostBSD received 1,436.20 CAD in donations: 544.20 CAD from Patreon (385.00 USD) and 892.00 CAD from PayPal.
Compared to September 2026 (1,209.26 CAD), this is an increase of +226.94 CAD (+18.8%). Compared to October 2025 (887.19 CAD), this is an increase of +549.01 CAD (+61.9%).
The 2026 year-to-date total is 13,365.95 CAD, putting us at 44.6% 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: 94.98 CAD, package distribution
- Home server (power + connectivity): 160.00 CAD
Other Expenses
- Claude Max 5x: 161.00 CAD
Total Expenses: 686.11 CAD
Net for October: 750.09 CAD
Server Fund
700.00 CAD from October goes toward the server fund, bringing the total set aside to approximately 10,800.00 CAD. This fund is working toward purchasing an Ampere ARM server to add ARM build support.
I am currently looking for the ARM64 server that will build GhostBSD for ARM. We will also start putting money aside for a second server for our amd64 builds.
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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