diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 062801d78..1f58a371e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ venv/
 a.out
 .hypothesis
 .cache/
-
-/docs_site/
+bin/
 
 *.mp4
 *.dylib
 *.DSYM
 *.d
+*.pem
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 .*.swp
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ a.out
 *.mo
 *_pyx.cpp
 *.stats
+*.pkl
+*.pkl*
 config.json
-clcache
 compile_commands.json
 compare_runtime*.html
 
+# build artifacts
 selfdrive/pandad/pandad
 cereal/services.h
 cereal/gen
@@ -56,46 +58,30 @@ system/camerad/test/ae_gray_test
 .coverage*
 coverage.xml
 htmlcov
-pandaextra
-
-.mypy_cache/
-flycheck_*
-
-cppcheck_report.txt
-comma*.sh
-
-selfdrive/modeld/models/*.pkl*
 
 # openpilot log files
 *.bz2
 *.zst
+*.rlog
 
 build/
 
 !**/.gitkeep
 
-poetry.toml
-Pipfile
 
 ### VisualStudioCode ###
+*.vsix
+.history
+.ionide
 .vscode/*
+.history/
 !.vscode/settings.json
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 !.vscode/launch.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
 !.vscode/*.code-snippets
 
-# Local History for Visual Studio Code
-.history/
-
-# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
-*.vsix
-
-### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
-# Ignore all local history of files
-.history
-.ionide
-
+# agents
 .claude/
 .context/
 PLAN.md
diff --git a/common/.gitignore b/common/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ce1da4c53..000000000
--- a/common/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.cpp
diff --git a/common/transformations/.gitignore b/common/transformations/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a67290f09..000000000
--- a/common/transformations/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-transformations
-transformations.cpp
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 7e40ec3ed..a01ddc2f6 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from openpilot.system.hardware import TICI, HARDWARE
 # TODO: pytest-cpp doesn't support FAIL, and we need to create test translations in sessionstart
 # pending https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cpp/pull/147
 collect_ignore = [
-  "selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations",
   "selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py",
   "selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_regen.py",
 ]
diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/.gitignore b/selfdrive/assets/.gitignore
index fffd4b4ed..2d97f8b11 100644
--- a/selfdrive/assets/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-*.cc
 fonts/*.fnt
 fonts/*.png
-translations_assets.qrc
diff --git a/selfdrive/car/tests/.gitignore b/selfdrive/car/tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 192fb0945..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/car/tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.bz2
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/.gitignore b/selfdrive/controls/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 22a371d8f..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/controls/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-calibration_param
-traces
diff --git a/selfdrive/locationd/.gitignore b/selfdrive/locationd/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a8c72388..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/locationd/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-params_learner
-paramsd
diff --git a/selfdrive/locationd/test/.gitignore b/selfdrive/locationd/test/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 89f9ac04a..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/locationd/test/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-out/
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/.gitignore b/selfdrive/test/.gitignore
index 5801faadf..b8c6bebd9 100644
--- a/selfdrive/test/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/test/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ docker_out/
 
 process_replay/diff.txt
 process_replay/model_diff.txt
+process_replay/fakedata/
 valgrind_logs.txt
 
-*.bz2
 *.hevc
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/.gitignore b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a35cd58d4..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fakedata/
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
index 945928f61..30ae77d88 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 installer/installers/*
+
+tests/diff/report
+.coverage
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 74ab2675d..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-test
-test_translations
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/tests/diff/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/tests/diff/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e21a8d896..000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/tests/diff/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-report
-.coverage
diff --git a/third_party/.gitignore b/third_party/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d20b6487..000000000
--- a/third_party/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.pyc
diff --git a/tools/bodyteleop/.gitignore b/tools/bodyteleop/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index adeab99a9..000000000
--- a/tools/bodyteleop/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-av
-av-10.0.0/*
-key.pem
-cert.pem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/cabana/assets/.gitignore b/tools/cabana/assets/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 283034ca8..000000000
--- a/tools/cabana/assets/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.cc
diff --git a/tools/plotjuggler/.gitignore b/tools/plotjuggler/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 45559d0b0..000000000
--- a/tools/plotjuggler/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bin/
-bin
-*.rlog
diff --git a/tools/replay/.gitignore b/tools/replay/.gitignore
index 83f0e99a8..aa615770a 100644
--- a/tools/replay/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/replay/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-moc_*
-*.moc
-
 replay
 tests/test_replay