.gitignore Generator

Builds a .gitignore by combining language, framework and editor templates, with duplicates merged.

Combines the official GitHub `.gitignore` templates into one file. Selection order is output order, each section keeps the name of the template it came from, and a pattern that appears in two templates is written once.

🔒 Runs entirely in your browsergitgitignoregenerator

Templates

Languages

Frameworks & engines

Tools

Editors & IDEs

Operating systems

Verbatim from github/gitignore@32652622a46d — the repository behind GitHub's own template picker.

.gitignore

Templates

Patterns

115

Duplicates merged

# ---- Node (Node.gitignore) ----
# Logs
logs
*.log
npm-debug.log*
yarn-debug.log*
yarn-error.log*
lerna-debug.log*

# Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json

# Runtime data
pids
*.pid
*.seed
*.pid.lock

# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
lib-cov

# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
coverage
*.lcov

# nyc test coverage
.nyc_output

# Grunt intermediate storage (https://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
.grunt

# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
bower_components

# node-waf configuration
.lock-wscript

# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
build/Release

# Dependency directories
node_modules/
jspm_packages/

# Snowpack dependency directory (https://snowpack.dev/)
web_modules/

# TypeScript cache
*.tsbuildinfo

# Optional npm cache directory
.npm

# Optional eslint cache
.eslintcache

# Optional stylelint cache
.stylelintcache

# Optional REPL history
.node_repl_history

# Output of 'npm pack'
*.tgz

# Yarn Integrity file
.yarn-integrity

# dotenv environment variable files
.env
.env.*
!.env.example

# parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
.cache
.parcel-cache

# Next.js build output
.next
out

# Nuxt.js build / generate output
.nuxt
dist
.output

# Gatsby files
.cache/
# Comment in the public line in if your project uses Gatsby and not Next.js
# https://nextjs.org/blog/next-9-1#public-directory-support
# public

# vuepress build output
.vuepress/dist

# vuepress v2.x temp directory
.temp

# Sveltekit cache directory
.svelte-kit/

# vitepress build output
**/.vitepress/dist

# vitepress cache directory
**/.vitepress/cache

# Docusaurus cache and generated files
.docusaurus

# Serverless directories
.serverless/

# FuseBox cache
.fusebox/

# DynamoDB Local files
.dynamodb/

# Firebase cache directory
.firebase/

# TernJS port file
.tern-port

# Stores VSCode versions used for testing VSCode extensions
.vscode-test

# pnpm
.pnpm-store

# yarn v3
.pnp.*
.yarn/*
!.yarn/patches
!.yarn/plugins
!.yarn/releases
!.yarn/sdks
!.yarn/versions

# Vite files
vite.config.js.timestamp-*
vite.config.ts.timestamp-*
.vite/

# ---- macOS (Global/macOS.gitignore) ----
# General
.DS_Store
.localized
__MACOSX/
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride
Icon[
]

# Resource forks
._*

# Files and directories that might appear in the root of a volume
.DocumentRevisions-V100
.fseventsd
.Spotlight-V100
.TemporaryItems
.Trashes
.VolumeIcon.icns
.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
.com.apple.timemachine.supported
.PKInstallSandboxManager
.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
.hotfiles.btree
.vol
.file
.disk_label*
lost+found
.HFS+ Private Directory Data[
]

# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk

# Mac OS 6 to 9
Desktop DB
Desktop DF
TheFindByContentFolder
TheVolumeSettingsFolder
.FBCIndex
.FBCSemaphoreFile
.FBCLockFolder

# Quota system
.quota.group
.quota.user
.quota.ops.group
.quota.ops.user

# TimeMachine
Backups.backupdb
.MobileBackups
.MobileBackups.trash
MobileBackups.trash
tmbootpicker.efi

# ---- VS Code (Global/VisualStudioCode.gitignore) ----
# Visual Studio Code
.vscode/*
!.vscode/settings.json
!.vscode/tasks.json
!.vscode/launch.json
!.vscode/extensions.json
!.vscode/*.code-snippets
!*.code-workspace

# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
*.vsix

Selection order is output order, each section keeps its source file name for later updating, and a pattern that appears in two templates is written once. Ignoring a file that is already tracked changes nothing until git rm --cached <file> untracks it.

How to use it

Pick your language and framework
Start with the language — Node, Python, Go — then add the framework if it has its own build directories.
Add your editor and OS
The ones people forget. `.DS_Store` and `.idea/` in a shared repository are the classic small annoyance, and adding them here costs one click.
Download or copy it
The header of each section names its source file, so when a template is updated upstream you can see which part of your file it corresponds to.

Common questions

I added a file to .gitignore and git still tracks it.

Because `.gitignore` only affects files git is not already tracking. Once a file is in the index, ignoring it changes nothing until `git rm --cached <file>` takes it out. This catches everyone at least once.

Where do the templates come from?

Verbatim from github/gitignore, the repository behind GitHub’s own template picker when you create a repo. Nothing is edited on the way in, so what you get here is what GitHub would have given you.

Should I ignore my lock file?

No — commit it. Some templates historically ignored `package-lock.json` or similar, and that advice has aged badly: a lock file is what makes an install reproducible. If a template you picked ignores yours, take that line out.

Feed it from

chmod Calculator

Converts between octal, symbolic and checkbox permission views, including setuid and sticky bits.

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Licence Chooser

Compares common open-source licences by obligation and compatibility and emits the LICENSE file.

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These accept what this tool produces, so the result can go straight in.

.env Parser & Converter

Parses a .env file and converts it to JSON, YAML, shell exports, Docker or Kubernetes formats.

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Licence Chooser

Compares common open-source licences by obligation and compatibility and emits the LICENSE file.

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Secret Scanner

Scans pasted code, logs or a config dump for API keys, tokens and private keys, with entropy heuristics.

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Base64 Encoder & Decoder

Encodes and decodes Base64 and Base64URL for text or files, handling UTF-8 correctly.

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curl to Code

Converts a curl command into fetch, axios, Python requests, Go, PHP or PowerShell.

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Text Hash

Computes MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 and CRC-32 of a string, with an uppercase and Base64 output option.

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