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.gitignore Generator

Pick your languages, frameworks, IDEs and OS — get a ready-to-use .gitignore instantly

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What is .gitignore Generator?

Free .gitignore generator. Pick your languages, frameworks, IDEs and OS — get a ready-to-use .gitignore file instantly. No signup. Developer utilities built for web developers, software engineers, and programmers. TekPulse's .gitignore Generator is completely free — no signup, no ads in results, and no data stored on our servers.

How to Use .gitignore Generator Online

  1. Search or browse the Languages, Frameworks, IDEs & Editors, and Operating System groups
  2. Check every template that matches your project stack (you can combine as many as you need)
  3. Review the generated .gitignore content in the panel on the right, updated live as you select
  4. Click Copy to copy the text, or Download to save it directly as a .gitignore file
  5. Place the downloaded file in your repository's root folder

Key Factors That Affect Your Result

  1. Template layering, not a formula — This tool works by concatenating pre-written .gitignore templates for whichever languages, frameworks, IDEs, and operating systems you select — there's no computation involved, just curated pattern lists (similar to the community-maintained github/gitignore repository) merged into one file.
  2. Order and duplicates — Selecting multiple overlapping templates (e.g. both \"Node\" and a specific framework built on Node) can produce duplicate or redundant patterns; git silently ignores duplicate rules, so this is harmless but worth trimming for readability.
  3. OS and editor templates are easy to miss — Most people remember to add their language/framework template but forget OS-level junk files (.DS_Store on macOS, Thumbs.db on Windows) and editor folders (.vscode/, .idea/) — add these even on solo projects, since they differ per teammate's machine.
  4. Already-tracked files aren't affected — Adding a pattern to .gitignore only stops git from tracking new matches; files already committed before the pattern was added must be removed from tracking explicitly (git rm --cached) even though they now match a .gitignore rule.

Why Use TekPulse .gitignore Generator?

Runs Entirely in Your Browser
Templates are combined with JavaScript from a built-in list — nothing is sent to a server
30+ Built-in Templates
Covers common languages, frameworks, IDEs and operating systems — pick any combination
Searchable Template List
Quickly find the templates you need by typing, e.g. node or vscode
Download Ready .gitignore
Export the combined file directly, with each section labeled by template name

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Frequently Asked Questions

A .gitignore file tells Git which files and folders to never track or commit — typically build output, dependency folders like node_modules, environment files with secrets, and IDE-specific settings.

Yes — select as many language, framework, IDE, and OS templates as you need. Each selected template is added as its own labeled section in the output, so you can mix e.g. Node + React + VS Code + macOS.

This tool only generates text for you to copy or download; it doesn't touch your repository. If you already have files tracked that a new .gitignore rule should have excluded, you'll need to untrack them separately with `git rm --cached`.

The list covers the most commonly requested stacks. Use the search box to check different naming (e.g. ".NET" vs "C#"), or combine the closest matching language template with a manually added line for anything specific to your project.

The patterns follow the same well-established conventions used by GitHub's official templates for each stack, condensed to the most relevant entries.

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