Gitignore generator

Create a starter .gitignore for selected build outputs and local files.

On your device · No account

Privacy details

Gitignore generator processes your input in this browser. Inputs and results are excluded from analytics. Recent tools save tool names, visit counts and last-visit times. Saved tools store only their names. Draft saving is optional and stays on this device; delete saved text with the draft controls. Loading text from a URL is optional and contacts that server; its URL and your IP address are visible to the server. An optional “Use in” action keeps a handoff in this tab. The next tool removes it on arrival and ignores it if more than a minute has passed.

Copy link includes the inputs you choose to share in the address. Anyone with that link can reopen them. Files and generated results are excluded. Password and key tools share settings only.

Extra ignore patterns (one per line)

More options

Project type

Your result

Reset reloads the tool with its starting values and releases open files and device controls. Saved drafts stay on this device until you delete them.

Links include your inputs and settings. Anyone with the link can see them, so leave out private text. Files and generated results are left out; random draws run again.

Keyboard shortcuts

Updated 2026-09-19

Using Gitignore generator

Gitignore generator combines a small, explicit project preset with your patterns and removes duplicate lines. Negation patterns remain in the order you supplied.

Next: Git commit generator

A worked example

The Node preset ignores node_modules, dist and coverage. The example then adds log and local environment-file patterns.

Before you use the result

These are original starter presets, not exhaustive framework templates. Ignoring a file does not remove a tracked file or erase a secret from Git history. Review every pattern for your project.

Cite this page

Citation style

ToolOctopus. “Gitignore generator.” Updated 2026-09-19. https://tooloctopus.com/gitignore-generator.

Add an access date if your instructions require one.

Citation formatting uses citeproc-js by Frank Bennett and Citation Style Language styles. Licence and source code.