diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd552b916..bbbec2432 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ platform/android/java/nativeSrcsConfigs/.cxx/
 # Binutils tmp linker output of the form "stXXXXXX" where "X" is alphanumeric
 st[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9]
 
+# Python development
+.venv
+venv
+
+# Python generated
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
 # Libs generated files
 .deps/*
 .dirstamp
@@ -89,7 +97,6 @@ logs/
 # for projects that use SCons for building: http://http://www.scons.org/
 .sconf_temp
 .sconsign*.dblite
-*.pyc
 
 # https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore
 ## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
@@ -274,7 +281,6 @@ enc_temp_folder/
 *.pfx
 *.publishsettings
 node_modules/
-__pycache__/
 
 # KDE
 .directory