diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25c9ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[codespell]
+skip = build,cmake-build-debug
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ebbf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+name: Codespell
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  codespell:
+    name: Check for spelling errors
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Codespell
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59680d0..428a58d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ Videos/
 *.pyc
 Capture/C++/VideoCapture
 venvs
+build/
+.coverage*
+.dir-locals.el
+dist/
+*.egg-info
+.env.*
+!.env.local
+.flake8
+.idea/
+.mypy_cache/
+*.pid
+*.pyc
+.python-version
+