Ecosia Browser

Ecosia Browser comes from Ecosia, the Berlin search engine that puts all of its profits into climate action, mostly tree planting. The company is steward-owned, which means it cannot be sold and its owners cannot take profits out, and it has been a B Corp since 2014. The browser launched on Earth Day 2024 for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, reached Linux in September 2026, and sets Ecosia as your search engine — so every search you make in it helps fund the same projects.

Underneath, it is a straightforward Chromium browser on desktop and Android, and a Firefox-derived app on iOS. Chrome Web Store extensions install normally, a built-in password manager comes included, and a privacy panel can block ads and trackers and handle cookie banners for you. Ecosia's AI chat and AI overviews run on smaller open models hosted on European servers, Ecosia says it does not train on your chats, and a single "AI-free" setting switches all of it off.

The browser itself is less distinctive than the mission behind it. On desktop the blocking is a setting you turn on rather than the default, usage reporting is on until you disable it, and the new-tab page carries affiliate links to shops, whose revenue also goes to Ecosia's projects. There is no sync between devices yet, and only the iOS app is open source. If you want your everyday browsing to support a climate non-profit, Ecosia makes that effortless; if privacy is the priority, Brave or Firefox protect you more by default.