Idleforest

thats why its worth protecting nature and trees!

YouTube video by Ecosia Ecosia: Superheroes of the web

When doing some research we came across ecosias first video from 13 years ago.
There are some absolute gems in there
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I58h...

You don’t need to change your habits to make a real difference. 🌱

Switch to Ecosia for your searches and install IdleForest to share unused internet bandwidth. It’s simple, secure, and helps plant trees without lifting a finger.

Get started at www.idleforest.com. Your planet will thank you. 🌳✨

We have a ratelimit specific per website, so the companies dont send to many requests to the same website. But also, once we have the cache layer, the request will only be sent 1 max for a specific time. Ideally, something like llms.txt allows users to opt out.

Hi, I'm Daniel the founder of Idleforest.
I appreciate your feedback.
We have ratelimits in place to prevent these DDoS attacks you describe. Same for your IP getting blocked.
Also mellowtel is working on a cache layer to reduce load on websites further.

Appreciate your support!

We launched on producthunt today and are fighting for the 3rd spot!
We appreciate any support, wether you upvote or even share us with friends or family!
www.producthunt.com/posts/idlefo...

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

yeaaahno
glad ecosia exists, more privacy and plants trees!

techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/p...

yes, so we need alternative solutions like ecosia or our platform. Cant wait for governments to act.

We’re teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index We are proud to share the next step in our journey towards tech independence: building our very own search index!

Es wird aktiv daran gearbeitet einen europäischen index zu erstellen, also sollte man das trotzdem unterstützen :)
blog.ecosia.org/eusp/

thanks, on to many more :)

We just reached 100 users that help us planting trees!
Thank you, so much!

Would love to see you give us a try if you care about planting trees ;)
Anyways, great to see a lot of people move to ecosia!

wow, didn't expect netherlands to be this unprepared?

great to hear, especially with the new government

We just released our badges, that you can earn just by browsing the internet normally and planting trees.
Join us now at www.idleforest.com 🌲 🌳 🌴

#greensky #reforestation #savethetrees #ecosia

thats how we feel about which browser to use
#ecosia #reforestation #climate

feel free to check out our browser extension, which plants trees and you can run alongside ecosia :)

We just released our rankings page! Now you can check how many requests you did compared to other users :)

www.idleforest.com/rankings

Happy to announce our referral system! Invite people to idleforest.com and see how much impact you can have by referring new users :)
Just download our extension, create and account and a referral code.

Thats a new record for us! 14 users planting trees at the same time!
#reforestation #climateactivism

YouTube video by Idleforest Plant trees for free with Idleforest

We just released our explainer video on how to plant trees for free with just our extension.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbH...

Working on an explainer video on how Idleforest works.
Also releasing the option to create accounts and teams, so you can start planting trees together with your friends 🌲

We just reached 25 active users! Also gotta celebrate the small milestones 🚀

thank you for the support!

appreciate it a lot! if you run into any issues or have more questions just ping us

IdleForest - Plant Trees While You Browse Join thousands of users planting trees by sharing unused bandwidth. We've already planted thousands of trees together!

We also have a FAQ section on our website that explains it better www.idleforest.com ;)

We are not a search engine but an extension that runs in the background and shares some bandwidth with companies that need to access certain websites with the users geolocation and get data from those websites. That revenue is then used by us to plant trees. You can run this additionally to Ecosia

hope you give us a try, if you want to help plant some trees ;)

Insights into #ecosia
For more information check out our dashboard at www.idleforest.com/ecosia