diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0caff163b19855cfdae285434367f8d4bf34eb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+instance/