diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd6c60cb88592988944d923da8e803b2b5ef0cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+__pycache__
+*.egg-info
+doc/build/
+*.pyc
+