diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb08e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+*.zip
+*.jar
+*.tar
+*.tgz
+*.tbz2
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.xz
+*.gem
+*.run
+*.deb
+*.rpm
+*.sig
+*.log
+/*/src
+/*/pkg
+*.kate-swp