diff --git a/templates/init/functions/python/_gitignore b/templates/init/functions/python/_gitignore
index e45d6e35639..1609bab7015 100644
--- a/templates/init/functions/python/_gitignore
+++ b/templates/init/functions/python/_gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-*.local
\ No newline at end of file
+# Python bytecode
+__pycache__/
+
+# Python virtual environment
+venv/
+*.local