Estimate the water, energy & CO2 footprint of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & DeepSeek chats. 100% local, no data sent to any server.
Users
13
−1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#180K
#150K among extensions
Version
1.2.0
updated 18 Oct 2026
Users
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:13 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About AquaTrace
AquaTrace estimates the water, energy, and CO2 footprint of your ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini conversations — right in your browser, calculated locally, never sent anywhere.
HOW IT WORKS
- Uses a real BPE tokenizer (the same one OpenAI's models use) to count tokens in your prompts and responses
- Auto-detects which specific model you're using (GPT-4o vs GPT-5, Claude Sonnet vs Opus, Gemini Flash vs Pro)
- Calculates energy use per model, then converts to water using the actual hosting company's reported water efficiency (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google)
- Tracks each site separately — nothing gets mixed together or double-counted
100% LOCAL & PRIVATE
All calculation happens on your device. No conversation text, token counts, or usage stats are ever sent anywhere — not to us, not to anyone. AquaTrace makes zero network requests.
HONEST ABOUT LIMITS
No AI company publishes official energy-per-token figures, so every number shown is a clearly-labeled estimate built from published research — never presented as an exact measurement. Full methodology is one tap away in the extension.
Works on: ChatGPT (chatgpt.com), Claude (claude.ai), Gemini (gemini.google.com)