diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9b31f80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.bak
+*.pem
+*.safariextension/
+/meta/safariextz/certs/
+/dist/build/
+/tmp/
\ No newline at end of file