diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..687f5c489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.swp
+lua
+lua-*
+lsqlite3*
+sqlite-amalgamation*
+mupdf/
+luafilesystem/
+
+