diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c31a454..658bf3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,55 @@
-# Local raw-HTML / byte cache and request log -- regenerated on every ingest.
+# --- Local raw-HTML / byte cache and request log -- regenerated on every ingest.
 cache/
 
-# Python
+# --- The runtime database (runtime data, not fixtures)
+db/
+
+# --- Regenerated dashboard / report output (fixtures under out/ stay tracked)
+reports/
+out/event_probe.db
+
+# --- Python
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+build/
+dist/
+*.so
+
+# --- Virtual environments
 .venv/
 venv/
+env/
 
-# macOS metadata
+# --- Test / linters / type-check caches and reports
+.pytest_cache/
+.cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+htmlcov/
+coverage.xml
+
+# --- Environment / secrets (config.yaml is the template, not ignored)
+.env
+.env.*
+
+# --- Editor / IDE
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+
+# --- macOS metadata
 ._*
 .DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
 
-# Reports directoy contents are regenerated
-reports/
-
-# The runtime database
-db/
\ No newline at end of file
+# --- Windows
+Thumbs.db
+ehthumbs.db
+Desktop.ini