diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c9cee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.buildozer
+venv
+bin
+app_storage
+RNS
+LXMF
+precompiled
+*.DS_Store
+*.pyc
+build
+dist
+docs/build
+sideband*.egg-info