diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bde40713c01e9944c5e39de9425d3e096403654e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.pyc
+.cache/*
+tests/.cache/*
+tests/.pytest_cache/*