diff --git a/.changeset/scaffold-gitignore-ds-store.md b/.changeset/scaffold-gitignore-ds-store.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7712cb0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/scaffold-gitignore-ds-store.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@open-slide/cli": patch
+---
+
+Add `.DS_Store` to the scaffolded `.gitignore`.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
index 3f6adb32..2e5d8fdd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export async function init(opts: InitOptions): Promise<void> {
     await writeFile(configPath, renderConfigFile(locale));
   }
 
-  await writeFile(join(target, '.gitignore'), 'node_modules\ndist\n');
+  await writeFile(join(target, '.gitignore'), 'node_modules\ndist\n.DS_Store\n');
 
   const cdTarget = dir === '.' ? basename(target) : dir;
   process.stdout.write(