diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0262409264e0566c6a9612405cc6ae72e3e390b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.pyc
+*~
+tmp/
+docs/_build/