# Ecosia Search

> Adds Ecosia as your default search engine so you can search the web and plant trees at the same time.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-ecosia](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-ecosia)

## Overview

- **ID:** `search-ecosia`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ecosia Search
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1,225
- **Weekly downloads:** 99
- **Rating:** 4.24 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-06
- **First published:** 2026-05-26
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-ecosia/)

## Description

Ecosia Search sets Ecosia as your default search engine in Firefox. Ecosia is a search engine that uses its ad revenue to plant trees around the world. Every search you make helps fund tree-planting projects, making it an easy and free way to have a positive impact on the environment.

Features:
- Sets Ecosia as the default search engine automatically
- Enjoy fast, reliable search results powered by Ecosia
- Help plant trees with every search at no extra cost to you

Join millions of people using Ecosia to make a difference — one search at a time.

## Rankings

- #2,954 — Overall
- #348 — Search Tools
- #8 — cost
- #49 — search
- #57 — default search
- #58 — searchable

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-ecosia)