.gitignore for Firebase

17 ignore rules for Firebase, ready to copy into your repository.

App development platform

The complete .gitignore for Firebase

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2026-08-05 01:28:16 UTC
# Technologies: Firebase

### Firebase ###
/firebase-debug.log
/firebase-debug.*.log
.firebaserc
/firebase.json
# Cache file
*.cache
hosting/.cache
/functions/node_modules/
/functions/.env
/functions/package-lock.json
/firebase-*.zip
/.firebase/
/emulator-ui/
# Log file
*.log
# npm debug logs
npm-debug.log*
# Yarn debug logs
yarn-debug.log*
/.env.*
# Yarn error logs
yarn-error.log*

What these Firebase rules actually ignore

Every pattern below, and why it belongs in your .gitignore.

Firebase build and deployment files

Pattern What it ignores
/firebase-debug.log Firebase build and deployment files
/firebase-debug.*.log Firebase build and deployment files
.firebaserc Firebase build and deployment files

Firebase Hosting

Pattern What it ignores
/firebase.json Firebase Hosting
*.cache Cache file
hosting/.cache Firebase Hosting

Firebase Functions

Pattern What it ignores
/functions/node_modules/ Firebase Functions
/functions/.env Firebase Functions
/functions/package-lock.json Firebase Functions

Firebase Emulators

Pattern What it ignores
/firebase-*.zip Firebase Emulators
/.firebase/ Firebase Emulators
/emulator-ui/ Firebase Emulators

Logs

Pattern What it ignores
*.log Log file
npm-debug.log* npm debug logs
yarn-debug.log* Yarn debug logs
yarn-error.log* Yarn error logs

Environment files (local configs)

Pattern What it ignores
/.env.* Environment files (local configs)

How to use this .gitignore for Firebase

  1. Copy the Firebase rules above, or download the file directly.
  2. Create a file named .gitignore at the root of your Git repository and paste the rules into it.
  3. If some of those files are already tracked, run git rm -r --cached . then commit again — Git only applies ignore rules to untracked files.
  4. Commit the .gitignore so everyone on the team shares the same rules.

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