diff --git a/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore b/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..15c3d3d576346a73d81d193ffc345f814cc291ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore
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+# local env files
+.env
diff --git a/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore b/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..15c3d3d576346a73d81d193ffc345f814cc291ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# local env files
+.env