diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7327aa2d1cb..2181ed1eb66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ethos-u-scratch/
 executorch.egg-info
 pip-out/
 __pycache__/
+.venv
 
 # Any exported models and profiling outputs
 *.pte
diff --git a/examples/demo-apps/apple_ios/ExecuTorchDemo/.gitignore b/examples/demo-apps/apple_ios/ExecuTorchDemo/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc18eab2b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/demo-apps/apple_ios/ExecuTorchDemo/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ExecuTorchDemo.xcodeproj
+Resources