Yes. IdleForest funds verified tree planting through named reforestation partners, each with public project records you can open yourself, and a live counter that draws from those records. This page shows the full chain, from the bandwidth you share to the trees in the ground, and exactly how to check every step.
The claim is simple, so the proof should be too. Money has to come from somewhere and end up somewhere, and both ends are public. Unlike donation-based or search-based models, IdleForest funds planting from idle bandwidth, so here is that chain in three steps.
While your device sits idle, IdleForest routes sessionless requests to public web pages for one vetted client. See how idle bandwidth funds trees. No personal data, cookies, or browsing history is involved.
The client pays for that web-data work. That payment, not your money, is what funds the trees.
IdleForest sends that revenue to established reforestation partners, who plant and record the trees. The rest of this page proves links two and three.
We work exclusively with one vetted partner to ensure the highest standards of security and ethical use.
Olostep provides a web data API that helps companies and developers access clean, structured web data. They fetch publicly available information from websites to power applications, research tools, and business intelligence platforms.
Your idle bandwidth is used to fetch publicly accessible websites in a sessionless manner, ensuring no personal data is transmitted. This means:
Olostep serves legitimate AI startups and technology companies. Here are some of their verified customers:
Olostep serves vetted AI, research, and business-intelligence companies. We keep the client proof here short because this page is about the full funding chain, not a customer directory.
Check Olostep independentlyThese companies use Olostep to power AI research, lead generation, market analysis, and other legitimate business intelligence applications.
IdleForest does not plant trees itself. It funds organizations that do, chosen for published records and long-term survival rather than cheap volume. Each partner is linked so you can read their work directly.
Plants food forests with smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa, restoring soil and local income.
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Restores native forests across dozens of countries, prioritizing native species over monoculture for stronger survival.
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Funds planting with traceability across certificates, project records, and impact reporting.
Visit partner siteThis is the core IdleForest tree planting proof: project records live on partner sites, not only here. The cards below pull the current project counts from our local planting records and link out to the external project pages.
Trees for the Future helps smallholder farmers build food forests that restore soil, capture carbon, and create long-term local income.
Tree-Nation supports native forest recovery in the Mkussu Nature Forest Reserve after fire damage.
Tree-Nation helps rural communities implement agroforestry for ecological recovery and local income.
Live community total
Trees funded to date from partner records currently stored in IdleForest's planting data.
Yes, companies need data. But how they get that data matters for the environment. Distributed networks like Olostep are significantly more eco-friendly than traditional data centers.
No dedicated servers or cooling infrastructure needed
No water-intensive cooling systems required
Reduced manufacturing and operational emissions
The bottom line: Modern systems rely on web data. With IdleForest, we reduce the costs of traditional data center systems by 80–90% through distributed networks like Olostep, then plant more trees than needed to offset the remaining footprint—making the entire process net negative.
Gathering publicly available company information, contact details, and market data for sales and research purposes.
Tracking product prices across e-commerce websites to help businesses stay competitive and consumers find the best deals.
AI powered deep research for healthcare, pharma and financial industries.
Tracking changes to websites, job postings, news articles, and other public content for business and research purposes.
We take your legal protection seriously. Here are the safeguards in place to protect you.
IdleForest assumes full legal responsibility for all traffic generated through our network. Our Terms of Service explicitly state that:
We only work with Olostep, a legitimate business that has been thoroughly vetted:
We actively monitor all network traffic to ensure compliance:
As a European-based service, we comply with GDPR and other data protection regulations:
All traffic is encrypted using industry-standard TLS/SSL protocols to prevent interception or tampering.
Requests run in isolated environments with no access to your cookies, local storage, or browsing history.
All network activity is logged and available for your review. You can see exactly what requests are being made.
Our extension and desktop app are open source, allowing independent security researchers to audit our code.
View on GitHubYou have full control over how much bandwidth is used. Set limits or pause sharing at any time.
You can stop sharing your bandwidth immediately by pausing or uninstalling the app—no questions asked.
Yes. Funding goes to Trees for the Future, Tree-Nation, and 1ClickImpact, each with public project records, and the live counter on this page is drawn from those records.
Your idle bandwidth performs small public web tasks for a vetted client, that client pays for the work, and that revenue funds verified planting. Your money is never involved.
Every project links to the partner's own page, where the counts and details are published independently. You can also see the breakdown on the report and map pages.
The current community total is shown on the live counter, updated from partner records.
In partner projects across regions such as Kenya and Tanzania, chosen for native species, food forests, and long-term community benefit.
The credible ones publish records and let you verify. IdleForest names its partners, links each project, and open-sources its code so the whole chain is checkable.
From the client that pays to use your idle bandwidth for public web tasks. You pay nothing; the revenue funds the trees.
Yes. Requests are sessionless, carry no personal data, run in isolation, and you can pause or uninstall any time. For independent user reviews of IdleForest, see the reviews page.
Yes. The extension and desktop app are open source on GitHub for independent review.
This page answers whether the planting is real. These related pages cover user proof, comparison research, and how IdleForest can run alongside the tools you already use.
We're committed to complete transparency. If you have any concerns or questions about how your bandwidth is used, we're here to help.
