diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 404e37c..7aa0ae8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ frontend/.svelte-kit/
 node_modules/
 *.log
 
+# Python bytecode
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+
 # Local data backends (defaults)
 galo.db
 galo.db-*