diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..677e36e295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+indent_size = 4
+indent_style = space
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d22f225cd9..1d1a83096a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .dfx
 .DS_Store
-.editorconfig
 .vscode/*
 dist
 node_modules