return {
  {
    "stevearc/conform.nvim",
    -- event = 'BufWritePre', -- uncomment for format on save
    opts = require "configs.conform",
  },

  {
    "mbbill/undotree",
  },

  {
    "andweeb/presence.nvim",
  },

  {
    "kwkarlwang/bufresize.nvim",
    config = function()
      require "configs.bufresize"
    end,
  },

  {
    "nvim-focus/focus.nvim",
    config = function()
      require "configs.focus"
    end,
  },

  -- These are some examples, uncomment them if you want to see them work!
  {
    "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
    dependencies = {
      "williamboman/mason.nvim",
      "williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-buffer",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-path",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-cmdline",
      "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
      "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
      "saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip",
      "j-hui/fidget.nvim",
    },
    config = function()
      require "configs.lspconfig"
    end,
  },

  { "lambdalisue/vim-suda" },

  {
    "ojroques/nvim-bufdel",
    opts = {
      next = 'tabs',
      quit = true,
    },
  },

  {
    "zbirenbaum/copilot.lua",
    cmd = "Copilot",
    event = "InsertEnter",
    config = function()
      require "configs.copilot"
    end,
  },

  {
    "CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim",
    dependencies = {
      { "zbirenbaum/copilot.lua" }, -- or zbirenbaum/copilot.lua
      { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim", branch = "master" }, -- for curl, log and async functions
    },
    build = "make tiktoken", -- Only on MacOS or Linux
    opts = {
      -- See Configuration section for options
    },
  },

  {
    "rmagatti/auto-session",
    opts = {
      enabled = true, -- Enables/disables auto creating, saving and restoring
      root_dir = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/sessions/", -- Root dir where sessions will be stored
      auto_save = true, -- Enables/disables auto saving session on exit
      auto_restore = true, -- Enables/disables auto restoring session on start
      auto_create = true, -- Enables/disables auto creating new session files. Can take a function that should return true/false if a new session file should be created or not
      suppressed_dirs = nil, -- Suppress session restore/create in certain directories
      allowed_dirs = nil, -- Allow session restore/create in certain directories
      auto_restore_last_session = false, -- On startup, loads the last saved session if session for cwd does not exist
      use_git_branch = false, -- Include git branch name in session name
      lazy_support = true, -- Automatically detect if Lazy.nvim is being used and wait until Lazy is done to make sure session is restored correctly. Does nothing if Lazy isn't being used. Can be disabled if a problem is suspected or for debugging
      bypass_save_filetypes = nil, -- List of filetypes to bypass auto save when the only buffer open is one of the file types listed, useful to ignore dashboards
      close_unsupported_windows = true, -- Close windows that aren't backed by normal file before autosaving a session
      args_allow_single_directory = true, -- Follow normal sesion save/load logic if launched with a single directory as the only argument
      args_allow_files_auto_save = false, -- Allow saving a session even when launched with a file argument (or multiple files/dirs). It does not load any existing session first. While you can just set this to true, you probably want to set it to a function that decides when to save a session when launched with file args. See documentation for more detail
      continue_restore_on_error = true, -- Keep loading the session even if there's an error
      show_auto_restore_notif = false, -- Whether to show a notification when auto-restoring
      cwd_change_handling = false, -- Follow cwd changes, saving a session before change and restoring after
      lsp_stop_on_restore = false, -- Should language servers be stopped when restoring a session. Can also be a function that will be called if set. Not called on autorestore from startup
      log_level = "error", -- Sets the log level of the plugin (debug, info, warn, error).

      session_lens = {
        load_on_setup = true, -- Initialize on startup (requires Telescope)
        theme_conf = { -- Pass through for Telescope theme options
          -- layout_config = { -- As one example, can change width/height of picker
          --   width = 0.8,    -- percent of window
          --   height = 0.5,
          -- },
        },
        previewer = false, -- File preview for session picker

        mappings = {
          -- Mode can be a string or a table, e.g. {"i", "n"} for both insert and normal mode
          delete_session = { "i", "<C-D>" },
          alternate_session = { "i", "<C-S>" },
          copy_session = { "i", "<C-Y>" },
        },

        session_control = {
          control_dir = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/auto_session/", -- Auto session control dir, for control files, like alternating between two sessions with session-lens
          control_filename = "session_control.json", -- File name of the session control file
        },
      },
    },
  },

  {
    "smolck/command-completion.nvim",
    opts = {
      border = nil,
      highlight_selection = true,
      use_matchfuzzy = true,
    },
  },
  {
  	"nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
  	opts = {
    ensure_installed = "all",
    sync_install = false,
    auto_install = true,
      highlight = {
        enable = true,
        additional_vim_regex_highlighting = false,
      },
  	},
  },
  "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",

  {
      "nvchad/base46",
      build = function()
          require("base46").load_all_highlights()
      end,
  },

  {
      "nvchad/ui",
      lazy = false,
      config = function()
          require "nvchad"
      end,
  },

  "nvzone/volt",
  "nvzone/menu",
  { "nvzone/minty", cmd = { "Huefy", "Shades" } },

  {
      "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
      opts = function()
          dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "devicons")
      end,
  },

  {
      "lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim",
      event = "User FilePost",
      opts = {
          indent = { char = "│", highlight = "IblChar" },
          scope = { char = "│", highlight = "IblScopeChar" },
      },
      config = function(_, opts)
          dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "blankline")

          local hooks = require "ibl.hooks"
          hooks.register(hooks.type.WHITESPACE, hooks.builtin.hide_first_space_indent_level)
          require("ibl").setup(opts)

          dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "blankline")
      end,
  },

  -- file managing , picker etc
  {
      "nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua",
      cmd = { "NvimTreeToggle", "NvimTreeFocus" },
      opts = function()
          return require "configs.nvimtree"
      end,
  },

  {
      "folke/which-key.nvim",
      keys = { "<leader>", "<c-w>", '"', "'", "`", "c", "v", "g" },
      cmd = "WhichKey",
      opts = function()
          dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "whichkey")
          return {}
      end,
  },

  -- git stuff
  {
      "lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim",
      event = "User FilePost",
      opts = function()
          return require "configs.gitsigns"
      end,
  },

  -- lsp stuff
  {
      "williamboman/mason.nvim",
      cmd = { "Mason", "MasonInstall", "MasonInstallAll", "MasonUpdate" },
      opts = function()
          return require "configs.mason"
      end,
  },

  -- load luasnips + cmp related in insert mode only
  {
      "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
      event = "InsertEnter",
      dependencies = {
          {
              -- snippet plugin
              "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
              dependencies = "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets",
              opts = { history = true, updateevents = "TextChanged,TextChangedI" },
              config = function(_, opts)
                  require("luasnip").config.set_config(opts)
                  require "configs.luasnip"
              end,
          },

          -- autopairing of (){}[] etc
          {
              "windwp/nvim-autopairs",
              opts = {
                  fast_wrap = {},
                  disable_filetype = { "TelescopePrompt", "vim" },
              },
              config = function(_, opts)
                  require("nvim-autopairs").setup(opts)

                  -- setup cmp for autopairs
                  local cmp_autopairs = require "nvim-autopairs.completion.cmp"
                  require("cmp").event:on("confirm_done", cmp_autopairs.on_confirm_done())
              end,
          },

          -- cmp sources plugins
          {
              "saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip",
              "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lua",
              "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp",
              "hrsh7th/cmp-buffer",
              "hrsh7th/cmp-path",
          },
      },
  },
  {
      "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
      cmd = "Telescope",
      opts = function()
          return require "configs.telescope"
      end,
  },
}