diff --git a/litellm-rust/.gitignore b/litellm-rust/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a73c0937b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/.gitignore
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+/target
+**/*.rs.bk
+*.so
+*.pyd
+*.dylib
+Cargo.lock
+__pycache__/
+.venv/