diff --git a/.ecrc b/.ecrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09be1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ecrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "IgnoreDefaults": false,
+    "Exclude": ["^LICENSE$", "^LICENSES/.*"]
+}
diff --git a/.ecrc.license b/.ecrc.license
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a4cd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ecrc.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Tobias Schmidl
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b1f798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Tobias Schmidl
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# EditorConfig is awesome: https://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.php]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[*.{yaml,yml}]
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a657b57..a89df19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
-# snippets
+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Tobias Schmidl
 
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+# Snippets
+
+various files that are useful across projects