Build a .gitignore from language, tool, and OS templates — combine any stacks.
Generate a .gitignore file by picking templates for your stack — Node, Python, Java, macOS, Windows, VS Code, JetBrains — and combining them into one labelled file. Copy or download it for your repo root. Runs entirely in your browser.
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Adjust any settings to your preference.
Click the process button and wait for results.
Download your output using the download button.
Because it only affects untracked files. Once something is in the index, git keeps tracking it regardless. Remove it with git rm --cached, then commit — that is the step people miss when they add node_modules to .gitignore and watch it keep appearing in every diff.
One for your language or framework, one for each operating system your team uses, and one for your editors. A mixed team on macOS and Windows needs both, or .DS_Store and Thumbs.db keep turning up in pull requests from whoever is on the other platform.
Only from future accidents. Ignoring .env stops it being committed from now on, but anything already pushed remains in the repository history and must be treated as compromised — rotate those credentials rather than assuming a later ignore rule removed them.
Yes, .gitignore Generator is completely free. No signup, no account, and no watermark on outputs. A Pro tier is available for 100 AI ops/day and larger file sizes.
.gitignore Generator runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded — it is read, processed and saved locally, so it never reaches our servers or anyone else's. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
Templates
# ---- Node ---- node_modules/ npm-debug.log* yarn-debug.log* yarn-error.log* .pnpm-debug.log* .npm .env .env.local dist/ build/ coverage/ .next/ .nuxt/ .cache/ # ---- macOS ---- .DS_Store .AppleDouble .LSOverride Icon ._* .Spotlight-V100 .Trashes
What it does: Builds a .gitignore from common templates so Git ignores the files you never want to commit — dependencies, build output, editor settings, and OS clutter.
How to use it: Put the generated file at your repository root as .gitignore. Rules already-tracked files aren’t affected — those need git rm --cached first.
Privacy: Generated entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.