diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14d935c187ac71736f7ab7a94a5f255bdb74eba6..8dd2949977f696cec83ac7e1d4d57761e7a9f5df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ dataset
 results
 work
 .nextflow
+.vscode
+.idea
 
 # special dirs and files (e.g., potentially sensistive or large data files)
 .nextflow.log*