diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82e02993b..fb04eff75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -84,3 +84,10 @@ apps/docs/.docusaurus
 apps/docs/build
 .pnpm-store
 benchmark-results
+
+# local performance investigation (never ship benchmark data or restored backups)
+.widget-performance/
+scripts/benchmarks/
+homarr-backup*.zip
+*.sqlite-wal
+*.sqlite-shm