return {
    {
        "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
        dependencies = {
            "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
        },
        opts = {
            sections = {
                lualine_a = {
                    "mode",
                },
                lualine_b = { "branch", "diff", "diagnostics" },
                lualine_c = { { "filename", path = 1 } },
            },
        },
    },

    {
        "akinsho/bufferline.nvim",
        event = "VeryLazy",
        keys = {
            { "<leader>bp", "<Cmd>BufferLineTogglePin<CR>", desc = "Toggle pin" },
            { "<leader>bP", "<Cmd>BufferLineGroupClose ungrouped<CR>", desc = "Delete non-pinned buffers" },
        },
        opts = {
            options = {
                offsets = {
                    {
                        filetype = "neo-tree",
                    },
                },
            },
        },
    },

    {
        "lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim",
        event = { "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile" },
        opts = {
            char = "┊",
            filetype_exclude = {
                "help",
                "alpha",
                "dashboard",
                "neo-tree",
                "Trouble",
                "lazy",
                "mason",
                "notify",
                "toggleterm",
                "lazyterm",
            },
            show_trailing_blankline_indent = false,
            show_current_context = false,
        },
    },

    -- active indent guide and indent text objects
    {
        "echasnovski/mini.indentscope",
        version = false, -- wait till new 0.7.0 release to put it back on semver
        event = { "BufReadPre", "BufNewFile" },
        opts = {
            -- symbol = "▏",
            symbol = "│",
            options = { try_as_border = true },
        },
        init = function()
            vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
                pattern = {
                    "help",
                    "alpha",
                    "dashboard",
                    "neo-tree",
                    "Trouble",
                    "lazy",
                    "mason",
                    "notify",
                    "toggleterm",
                    "lazyterm",
                },
                callback = function()
                    vim.b.miniindentscope_disable = true
                end,
            })
        end,
    },

    {
        "stevearc/dressing.nvim",
        opts = {
            select = {
                enabled = true,
                backend = {
                    "telescope",
                    "fzf",
                    "builtin",
                    "nui",
                },
                telescope = require("telescope.themes").get_ivy(),
            },
        },
    },

    {
        "rcarriga/nvim-notify",
        opts = {},
    },
}