diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3abf0da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.pyc
+*.py~
+*.swp
+.DS_Store
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+tags