diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/gitignore b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/gitignore
index bf3be23e0d..626086403c 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/gitignore
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ scjssconfig.json
 /dist-server
 /tmp
 /out-tsc
+/.angular
 
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
 
+# local env files
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+
 # IDEs and editors
 /.idea
 .project
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/src/environments/gitignore b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/src/environments/gitignore
index b0a155ec1b..c96a04f008 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/src/environments/gitignore
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/src/environments/gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-*.ts
\ No newline at end of file
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/gitignore b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f058a8f5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+/node_modules
+
+# local env files
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+
+# IDE - VSCode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+# System Files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/gitignore b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f058a8f5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+/node_modules
+
+# local env files
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+
+# IDE - VSCode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+# System Files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/gitignore b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8194eed878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# compiled output
+/dist
+
+# dependencies
+/node_modules
+
+# local env files
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+
+# IDE - VSCode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+# misc
+/connect.lock
+/libpeerconnection.log
+npm-debug.log
+testem.log
+/typings
+
+# System Files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# deploy platforms
+.vercel
+.netlify