return {
  -- Theme of choice, tokyonight
  -- https://github.com/folke/tokyonight.nvim
  {
    'folke/tokyonight.nvim',
    priority = 1000, -- Make sure to load this before all the other start plugins.
    init = function() vim.cmd.colorscheme(vim.g.colors_theme) end,
    opts = {
      transparent = true,
    },
  },

  -- Automatic dark mode
  -- https://github.com/f-person/auto-dark-mode.nvim
  {
    'f-person/auto-dark-mode.nvim',
    opts = {
      update_interval = 1000,
      set_dark_mode = function()
        vim.api.nvim_set_option_value('background', 'dark', {})
        vim.cmd.colorscheme(vim.g.colors_variant_dark)
      end,
      set_light_mode = function()
        vim.api.nvim_set_option_value('background', 'light', {})
        vim.cmd.colorscheme(vim.g.colors_variant_light)
      end,
    },
  },

  -- A neovim plugin that shows colorcolumn dynamically
  -- https://github.com/Bekaboo/deadcolumn.nvim
  { 'Bekaboo/deadcolumn.nvim' },

  -- vim dashboard
  -- https://github.com/nvimdev/dashboard-nvim
  {
    'nvimdev/dashboard-nvim',
    event = 'VimEnter',
    config = function()
      require('dashboard').setup {
        theme = 'doom',
        config = {
          disable_move = true,
          week_header = {
            enable = true,
          },
          shortcut = {},
          center = {
            {
              icon = ' ',
              icon_hl = '@variable',
              desc = 'Files',
              group = 'Label',
              action = 'Telescope find_files',
              key = 'f',
            },
            {
              icon = ' ',
              desc = 'Marks',
              group = 'DiagnosticHint',
              action = 'Telescope harpoon marks',
              key = 'a',
            },
            {
              icon = '⚑ ',
              desc = 'TODO',
              group = 'DiagnosticOptions',
              action = 'TodoTelescope',
              key = 't',
            },
            {
              icon = ' ',
              desc = 'Search',
              group = 'Number',
              action = 'Telescope live_grep',
              key = 's',
            },
            {
              icon = '󰊳 ',
              desc = 'Lazy Update',
              group = '@property',
              action = 'Lazy update',
              key = 'u',
            },
            {
              icon = '☉ ',
              desc = 'Quit',
              group = 'DiagnosticError',
              action = 'q',
              key = 'q',
            },
          },
        },
      }
    end,
    dependencies = { { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' } },
  },

  -- Remove all background colors to make nvim transparent
  -- https://github.com/xiyaowong/nvim-transparent
  { 'xiyaowong/nvim-transparent', opts = {} },

  -- Twilight is a Lua plugin for Neovim 0.5 that dims inactive
  -- portions of the code you're editing using TreeSitter.
  -- https://github.com/folke/twilight.nvim
  { 'folke/twilight.nvim', opts = {} },

  -- Indent guides for Neovim
  -- https://github.com/lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim
  {
    'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim',
    main = 'ibl',
    opts = {
      scope = { show_start = false, show_end = false },
      indent = {
        char = '│',
        tab_char = '│',
      },
      exclude = {
        filetypes = {
          'Trouble',
          'alpha',
          'dashboard',
          'help',
          'lazy',
          'lazyterm',
          'mason',
          'neo-tree',
          'notify',
          'terminal',
          'toggleterm',
          'trouble',
        },
        buftypes = { 'dashboard' },
      },
    },
  },

  -- Display a character as the colorcolumn
  -- https://github.com/lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim
  { 'lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim', opts = {} },

  -- icons
  {
    'echasnovski/mini.icons',
    opts = {
      file = {
        ['.keep'] = { glyph = '󰊢', hl = 'MiniIconsGrey' },
        ['devcontainer.json'] = { glyph = '', hl = 'MiniIconsAzure' },
      },
      filetype = {
        dotenv = { glyph = '', hl = 'MiniIconsYellow' },
      },
    },
    init = function()
      package.preload['nvim-web-devicons'] = function()
        require('mini.icons').mock_nvim_web_devicons()
        return package.loaded['nvim-web-devicons']
      end
    end,
  },

  -- ui components
  { 'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim', lazy = true },

  -- Git integration for buffers
  -- https://github.com/lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim
  {
    'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim',
    version = false,
    opts = {
      signs = {
        add = { text = '+' },
        change = { text = '~' },
        delete = { text = '_' },
        topdelete = { text = '‾' },
        changedelete = { text = '~' },
      },
      current_line_blame = false,
      on_attach = function(bufnr)
        local gs = require 'gitsigns'

        local function map(mode, l, r, opts)
          opts = opts or {}
          opts.buffer = bufnr
          vim.keymap.set(mode, l, r, opts)
        end

        -- Navigation
        map('n', 'gn', function()
          if vim.wo.diff then return ']c' end
          vim.schedule(function() gs.next_hunk() end)
          return '<Ignore>'
        end, { expr = true })

        map('n', 'gp', function()
          if vim.wo.diff then return '[c' end
          vim.schedule(function() gs.prev_hunk() end)
          return '<Ignore>'
        end, { expr = true })
      end,
    },
  },

  -- Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits
  -- https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
  {
    'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator',
    cmd = {
      'TmuxNavigateLeft',
      'TmuxNavigateDown',
      'TmuxNavigateUp',
      'TmuxNavigateRight',
      'TmuxNavigatePrevious',
    },
    opts = {},
  },

  -- Cloak allows you to overlay *'s over defined patterns in defined files.
  -- https://github.com/laytan/cloak.nvim
  {
    'laytan/cloak.nvim',
    version = '*',
    opts = {
      enabled = true,
      cloak_character = '*',
      -- The applied highlight group (colors) on the cloaking, see `:h highlight`.
      highlight_group = 'Comment',
      patterns = {
        {
          -- Match any file starting with ".env".
          -- This can be a table to match multiple file patterns.
          file_pattern = {
            '.env*',
            'wrangler.toml',
            '.dev.vars',
          },
          -- Match an equals sign and any character after it.
          -- This can also be a table of patterns to cloak,
          -- example: cloak_pattern = { ":.+", "-.+" } for yaml files.
          cloak_pattern = '=.+',
        },
      },
    },
  },
  -- Close buffer without messing up with the window.
  -- https://github.com/famiu/bufdelete.nvim
  { 'famiu/bufdelete.nvim' },

  -- Neovim plugin for locking a buffer to a window
  -- https://github.com/stevearc/stickybuf.nvim
  { 'stevearc/stickybuf.nvim', opts = {} },

  -- Describe the regexp under the cursor
  -- https://github.com/bennypowers/nvim-regexplainer
  {
    'bennypowers/nvim-regexplainer',
    event = 'BufEnter',
    dependencies = {
      'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
      'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim',
    },
    opts = {
      -- automatically show the explainer when the cursor enters a regexp
      auto = true,
    },
  },

  -- Clarify and beautify your comments using boxes and lines.
  -- https://github.com/LudoPinelli/comment-box.nvim
  { 'LudoPinelli/comment-box.nvim', opts = {} },

  -- Automatically expand width of the current window.
  -- Maximizes and restore it. And all this with nice animations!
  -- https://github.com/anuvyklack/windows.nvim
  {
    'anuvyklack/windows.nvim',
    dependencies = {
      'anuvyklack/middleclass',
      'anuvyklack/animation.nvim',
    },
    opts = {},
  },

  -- Plugin to improve viewing Markdown files in Neovim
  -- https://github.com/MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim
  {
    'MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim',
    dependencies = {
      'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
      'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons',
    },
    ft = 'markdown',
    opts = {},
  },
}