diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a15e331c41705eeecfd483e2dc5a48730a099144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+__pycache__/
+bin/
+lib/
+lib64
+pyvenv.cfg
+share
+vl_dcc.egg-info/