diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8071bc8f..63ec9671 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ cover
 
 # virtualenv environments
 env*/
+venv/
 
 # build artifacts from python setup.py build or python setup.py install
 build/
 dist/
 *egg*/
 docs/_build
+
+# local files
+.cache/
+.idea/