diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96d97c523..a5c001917 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,13 @@ Gemfile.lock
 /_site
 _site
 *.tmp
+
+# vm binaries
+app/victoria-metrics/victoria-metrics
+app/vmagent/vmagent
+app/vmctl/vmctl
+app/vmalert/vmalert
+
+# vm default data folder
+app/victoria-metrics/victoria-metrics-data/
+app/vmagent/vmagent-remotewrite-data/
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