return {
    {
        "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
        dependencies = {
            "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
        },
        opts = {
            options = {
                theme = "catppuccin",
                globalstatus = true,
                disabled_filetypes = {
                    statusline = {
                        "dashboard",
                        "alpha",
                    },
                },
                section_separators = "",
                component_separators = "",
            },
            sections = {
                lualine_a = {
                    { "mode", icons_enabled = true },
                },
                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 = {},
    },

    {
        "goolord/alpha-nvim",
        event = "VimEnter",
        opts = function()
            local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
            local logo = [[
                
            ]]

            dashboard.section.header.val = vim.split(logo, "\n")
            dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
                dashboard.button("f", " " .. " Find file", ":Telescope find_files <CR>"),
                dashboard.button("n", " " .. " New file", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
                dashboard.button("r", " " .. " Recent files", ":Telescope oldfiles <CR>"),
                dashboard.button("g", " " .. " Find text", ":Telescope live_grep <CR>"),
                dashboard.button("c", " " .. " Config", ":e $MYVIMRC <CR>"),
                dashboard.button("s", " " .. " Restore Session", [[:lua require("persistence").load() <cr>]]),
                dashboard.button("l", "󰒲 " .. " Lazy", ":Lazy<CR>"),
                dashboard.button("q", " " .. " Quit", ":qa<CR>"),
            }
            for _, button in ipairs(dashboard.section.buttons.val) do
                button.opts.hl = "AlphaButtons"
                button.opts.hl_shortcut = "AlphaShortcut"
            end
            dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "AlphaHeader"
            dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "AlphaButtons"
            dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "AlphaFooter"
            dashboard.opts.layout[1].val = 8
            return dashboard
        end,
        config = function(_, dashboard)
            local lazy = require("lazy")
            -- close Lazy and re-open when the dashboard is ready
            if vim.o.filetype == "lazy" then
                vim.cmd.close()
                vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
                    pattern = "AlphaReady",
                    callback = function()
                        lazy.show()
                    end,
                })
            end

            require("alpha").setup(dashboard.opts)

            vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
                pattern = "LazyVimStarted",
                callback = function()
                    local stats = lazy.stats()
                    local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
                    dashboard.section.footer.val = "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms"
                    pcall(vim.cmd.AlphaRedraw)
                end,
            })
        end,
    },
}