diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e1f570..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Haupt .gitignore im Projekt-Root
-backend/node_modules/
-frontend/node_modules/
-backend/database/*.db
-backend/database/*.db-journal
-backend/dist/
-frontend/build/
-.env
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-.DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
-.idea/
-.vscode/
-*.tgz
-*.tar.gz
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diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b66fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Dependencies
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Build outputs
+dist/
+build/
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+
+# Database
+database/*.db
+database/*.db-journal
+*.sqlite
+*.db
+
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage/
+
+# nyc test coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# IDEs
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional eslint cache
+.eslintcache
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diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index 4d29575..c1dc939 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,45 @@
-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# dependencies
-/node_modules
+# Dependencies
+node_modules/
 /.pnp
 .pnp.js
 
-# testing
+# Testing
 /coverage
 
-# production
+# Production
 /build
 
-# misc
+# Misc
 .DS_Store
 .env.local
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
+.env
 
+# Logs
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+
+# IDEs
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
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