diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47c5771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.egg-info/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.swp
+.#*
+build/
+dist/