diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e69de29..e09761a 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FLASK_APP=run.py
+FLASK_DEBUG=1
+SECRET_KEY=change-me-to-a-random-string
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app.db
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..6a71115 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+instance/
+.env
+app.db
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e69de29..42cec60 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Flask==3.0.3
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+Flask-Login==0.6.3
+Flask-WTF==1.2.1
+Flask-Migrate==4.0.7
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+email-validator==2.1.1