diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0212301c875924748abb05acd5fca2c5d27b9f82..b04e2e307cb6544c130e2b0f9c5d956a3124d6d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # exclude top level directories
 # which are taken from other git repositories
 # The / at the beginning is important, otherwise all directories
-# containing the string are ignored 
+# containing the string are ignored
 /geometry
 /input
 /parameters
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ Dart*.cfg
 
 # gdb Crash dumps
 **/core_dump_*
+
+# IDEs
+.vscode