Ecosia Browser

Ecosia Browser is a Chromium-based browser from Ecosia GmbH in Berlin, the steward-owned company behind the Ecosia search engine, for Windows, macOS and Linux, with apps for Android and iOS. It sets Ecosia search in the address bar and includes an ad and tracker blocker, anti-fingerprinting, a third-party cookie blocker and an automatic cookie-banner manager; on desktop the blocker has to be switched on in settings, while the iOS app has tracking protection on by default. Chrome extensions and Chrome data import work because the desktop build is Chromium. Ecosia accounts do not yet sync bookmarks, history or passwords across devices, and the browser sends usage analytics to Ecosia’s own self-hosted tool.

Ecosia GmbH is a German search-engine company headquartered in Berlin, founded in 2009 by Christian Kroll. Since 2018 the company has operated under a steward-ownership model via the Purpose Foundation: shares cannot be sold and dividends cannot be paid externally, making Ecosia structurally impossible to acquire.

Roughly 80% of ad-revenue surplus is reinvested into reforestation projects (200M+ trees planted as of 2026). In May 2026, alongside Qwant, Ecosia began serving results from EUSP (European Search Perspective), the independent EU search index the two companies have co-built since 2024 — the first time in 16 years Ecosia has delivered its own results rather than relying purely on Bing.