Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱

This extension adds Ecosia.org as the default search engine to your browser — it’s completely free!

Ecosia – A Firefox Add-on That Plants Trees with Every Search

Ecosia is a Firefox add-on that redefines the daily use of search engines. Your searches become a powerful tool for climate change action as Ecosia uses 100% of its profits to plant trees around the world. With Ecosia, enjoy searching the web, and also contribute to the environmental cause by helping plant millions of trees worldwide, backing renewable energy, and ensuring privacy protection.

Add-on stats

Daily users: 306,893
-7,274
Rating: 4.80
(754)
Version: 5.0.2 (Last updated: 2024-11-21)
Version code: 5844208
Creation date: 2010-12-07
Weekly download count: 943
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • *://*.ecosia.org/*
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 43.56K

Other platforms

Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees (v7.0.0)
4.71 (2,399) 1,000,000
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4.27 (180,498) 20,310,772
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Get Ecosia to plant trees and be climate active every day. Like other search engines, we make money through ads, but we use 100% of our profits for the planet. The Ecosia community has already planted 150 million trees in over 35 countries.

Plant trees with your searches and be climate active every day — Ecosia users are tackling climate change, protecting wildlife, and collaborating with local communities around the world, planting the right trees in the right places.

Protect your privacy — We don’t create a profile of you, never sell your data to advertisers, and your searches are always SSL-encrypted. We want trees, not your data.

Become climate positive — Not only do the trees we plant absorb CO2, we also have our own solar plants. They don't just produce enough renewable energy to power all your searches, but twice as much! This means more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the electricity grid.

Radical transparency — Our monthly financial reports disclose all of our projects so you can see exactly what we spend money on. We’re a not-for-profit tech company that dedicates 100% of its profits to climate action.

Get Ecosia today and be climate active every day.


Website: https://ecosia.org

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Supports an important environmental cause by planting trees
  • User-friendly and easy to switch to
  • Provides an alternative to traditional search engines like Google
  • Delivers good search results with fewer ads
Cons
  • Does not change the new tab page in Firefox
  • Search results are sometimes limited and unhelpful compared to Google
  • Issues with displaying certain search result categories and tabs due to bugs
  • Lacks options to customize search results like disabling certain features
Most mentioned
  • Inability to change the new tab page
  • Limited search results compared to Google
  • Desire for customization options in the search engine
  • Bugs affecting the display of search results
User reviews
by Ani2, 2025-01-20

by Rhys, 2025-01-20

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱 requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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