---
id: ignore
version: "0.1.4"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# ignore — Download .gitignore files for a given language

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 330.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

ignore is a command-line tool that fetches pre-made .gitignore files for specific programming languages and saves them to your project. You run a command like `ignore python` and it downloads a language-appropriate .gitignore template, writing it to a .gitignore file in your current directory.

The package has no runtime dependencies and is simple in scope: it wraps HTTP requests to retrieve templates and write them locally. However, it has been abandoned since its latest release on 2011-11-29 and is classified as Alpha. The Python 2 classifier and lack of maintenance mean it is unlikely to work reliably on modern systems without modification, and the remote service it depends on may have changed or disappeared.

Use it for:

- Quickly initialize a .gitignore for a new Python project without manually writing or copying template rules.
- Set up language-specific ignore patterns for projects in other languages from the command line.
- Avoid maintaining a personal collection of .gitignore templates by fetching them on demand.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Downloads and installs common .gitignore templates for various programming languages and frameworks directly from the command line.

No. The package is abandoned (latest release 2011-11-29, last commit 2012-04-02), targets Python 2, and high install friction makes it unreliable on modern systems. The remote service it depends on is unverified, and no maintained alternatives are listed in the fact sheet.

## Install

pip install ignore
uv add ignore
poetry add ignore

## Installing ignore

Before you install: High install friction: the package is abandoned (last commit 2012-04-02) and marked as Alpha. No runtime dependencies, but the age and lack of maintenance mean it may not work with modern Python versions or current .gitignore sources.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive and poses no restrictions on use, modification, or redistribution for commercial or private projects.

Quickstart:

pip install ignore

ignore python

Package targets Python 2 and is unmaintained; compatibility with Python 3 and current gitignore sources is unverified.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works with Python 3 or only Python 2
- Whether the remote gitignore source is still accessible and functional
- Whether the download mechanism still operates given changes since 2012

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 330.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

gitignore template downloader, command line gitignore generator, language-specific gitignore files, quick gitignore setup, fetch gitignore templates, gitignore cli tool, cli-tool, git-workflow

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