diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6cf49e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
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+/examples/
+example.js
+*.example.js
+*.example.js.map
+
+/test/
+/tests/
+*.spec.js
+*.spec.js.map