diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..860fd1f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+*.o
+*.o.d
+engine/debug/
+engine/release/
+engine/libs-*/
+engine/*.tar.gz
+
+# clangd artifacts
+compile_commands.json
+.cache/