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AI · September 14, 2014

CodeCarbon, online dynamic snippet library

Open tools to measure the environmental footprint of computing and AI — CodeCarbon for local compute, EcoLogits for GenAI APIs.

CodeCarbon, online dynamic snippet library launched on September 14, 2014 with 8 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

What it does

Code Carbon is a French non-profit building free, open-source tools for developers and researchers. CodeCarbon for local compute, EcoLogits for GenAI APIs — use both when your stack mixes them. Track CO₂ from code running on hardware you control — your laptop, workstation, or cloud VM. Measures CPU, GPU, and RAM power, then applies regional grid carbon intensity. Estimate energy and environmental impacts when you call third-party GenAI APIs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Google, and more. Attaches impact data to provider SDK responses. Install a package, paste a snippet, run. Both tools side by side — pick Python or CLI/API within each column. First-party projects from mlco2, plus…from codecarbon.io

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