diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4339310b..501874d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 __pycache__/
 .vscode/
 
+#External repos
+addins
+
 #vsim work files to ignore
 transcript
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