diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9f01083408a3ddca4aa5e1b5bf86b0c850d37e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.class
+*.o
+lib/c/liblabcomm.a
+compiler/AST/
+compiler/labComm.jar