diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates.go b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates.go
index a584486d1..e01fecfb4 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates.go
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ func Install(options *Options) (bool, *Template, error) {
 	}
 	templateData.AuthorNameAndEmail = strings.TrimSpace(templateData.AuthorNameAndEmail)
 
+	installer.RenameFiles(map[string]string{
+		"gitignore.txt": ".gitignore",
+	})
+
 	// Extract the template
 	err = installer.Extract(options.TargetDir, templateData)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/svelte/gitignore.txt b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/svelte/gitignore.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da44b7c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/svelte/gitignore.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Wails bin directory
+build/bin
+
+# IDEs
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+# The black hole that is...
+node_modules
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/vanilla/gitignore.txt b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/vanilla/gitignore.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da44b7c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/initialise/templates/templates/vanilla/gitignore.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Wails bin directory
+build/bin
+
+# IDEs
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+# The black hole that is...
+node_modules