ByteThirst

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

Changelog

• May 28, 2026
  short_description

  Track the water, energy, and carbon footprint of your AI usage across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more.

  Estimates QueryWeight - the water, energy, and carbon footprint of your AI usage across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more.

• Apr 22, 2026
  host_permissions

  *://chatgpt.com/*, *://chat.openai.com/*, *://claude.ai/*, *://gemini.google.com/*, *://aistudio.google.com/*, *://copilot.microsoft.com/*, *://www.bing.com/chat*, *://perplexity.ai/*, *://www.perplexity.ai/*, *://poe.com/*, *://you.com/*, *://chat.mistral.ai/*, *://huggingface.co/*, *://www.figma.com/make*, *://lovable.dev/*, *://bolt.new/*, *://notebooklm.google.com/*

  *://chatgpt.com/*, *://chat.openai.com/*, *://claude.ai/*, *://gemini.google.com/*, *://aistudio.google.com/*, *://copilot.microsoft.com/*, *://www.bing.com/chat*, *://perplexity.ai/*, *://www.perplexity.ai/*, *://poe.com/*, *://you.com/*, *://chat.mistral.ai/*, *://huggingface.co/*, *://www.figma.com/*, *://lovable.dev/*, *://bolt.new/*, *://notebooklm.google.com/*

• Apr 17, 2026
  description

  ByteThirst™ is a Chrome extension that estimates the water, energy, and CO₂ cost of every AI interaction across 14 platforms — from chat to code generation. QueryWeight is the estimated environmental footprint of every AI query you make.

  ByteThirst is a Chrome extension that estimates QueryWeight - the environmental cost of each AI query (water, energy, and CO₂ ) across 14 AI platforms and shows you a real-time dashboard of your impact. No configuration needed — just install and use your AI tools normally. You can also install our CLI in your favorite IDE to measure the impact of vibe coding outside of the browser. Just use "npm install -g bytethirst" in your command line interface.
  
  AI CODE BUILDERS USE ~130× MORE ENERGY
  A single vibe-coding session on Lovable or Bolt can consume an estimated 130× more energy than a standard ChatGPT conversation. ByteThirst shows you the difference.
  
  WHAT YOU GET (FREE)
  Estimated water, energy, and CO₂ per AI session
  Platform breakdown showing which AI tools cost the most
  7-day usage overview with daily averages
  6 achievement badges
  Weekly shareable impact card
  Daily efficiency tip
  Community benchmarks (opt-in)
  
  BYTETHIRST+ PREMIUM ($4.99/mo or $39.99/yr)
  30/60/90-day historical trend analytics
  Model tier breakdown (small, standard, large, reasoning, image generation)
  Usage heatmap and week-over-week comparisons
  AI builder impact panel (Lovable, Bolt, AI Studio)
  Continuous spike monitoring
  15 premium badges across 5 categories
  Full community benchmarks with percentile ranking
  Unlimited shareable impact cards
  PNG chart export
  
  BYTETHIRST TEAMS ($16.99/seat/mo or $160.00 seat/yr)
  Everything in Premium for every team member
  Team dashboard at app.bytethirst.com
  Aggregated team QueryWeight visibility
  Shared environmental goals and competitions
  Per-member breakdown (opt-in, GDPR-compliant)
  Admin controls and budget alerts
  
  PRIVACY FIRST
  ByteThirst never reads your conversations. It estimates impact from character counts — your prompts, responses, and code are never captured, stored, or transmitted. Free tier makes zero network calls. All data stays on your device, unless you opt-in to share.
  
  TRANSPARENT METHODOLOGY
  Every estimate is based on published academic research including Epoch AI (2025), OpenAI (2025), EPA eGRID (2023), and Couch (2026). All figures are clearly labeled as estimates. Full methodology at bytethirst.com/methodology.
  AI has a water footprint. Know yours.
  
  bytethirst.com

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Permissions

storagealarmsscriptingnotificationsidentity

Host access

*://chatgpt.com/*, *://chat.openai.com/*, *://claude.ai/*, *://gemini.google.com/*, *://aistudio.google.com/*, *://copilot.microsoft.com/*, *://www.bing.com/chat*, *://perplexity.ai/*, *://www.perplexity.ai/*, *://poe.com/*, *://you.com/*, *://chat.mistral.ai/*, *://huggingface.co/*, *://www.figma.com/*, *://lovable.dev/*, *://bolt.new/*, *://notebooklm.google.com/*

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