Show HN: AI Impact Tracker – browser extension for ChatGPT energy-use stats

2 simon-inta 0 5/6/2025, 2:41:10 PM chromewebstore.google.com ↗
Hello HN, I built a browser extension that shows you real-time energy consumption and environmental impact estimates of your ChatGPT usage.

It does two main things: - Adds a live energy tracker overlay at the top of the ChatGPT page - Shows detailed stats in the popup, including estimated energy use and equivalents like YouTube streaming time, elevator trips, phone charges, and even water evaporated

Chrome web store : https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-impact-tracker/l...

Website : ai-impact.tortue.studio

Github repo : https://github.com/simonaszilinskas/ai-impact-tracker

Methodology : https://github.com/simonaszilinskas/ai-impact-tracker/blob/m...

The project is open source, the methodology still has left a lot to be desired but I’d love your feedback. I’m planning to improve: - model detection (since energy use varies a lot) - add support for other sites soon - better token estimation

It's early, but I’m excited about it — feedback and contributions welcome!

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