diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bef0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01020a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+* text=auto
+*.md text eol=lf
+
+# Fixes languages listing on GitHub
+content/**/*.md linguist-detectable
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1ab6c6..b59b50a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ Desktop.ini
 $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # OSX
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+# local vscode config files
+.vscode
+
+# local jetbrain config files
+.idea