return {
    { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim", lazy = true },
    { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", lazy = true, opts = {} },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.extra',
        lazy = true,
    },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.ai',
        lazy = false,
        version = '*',
        dependencies = {
            'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects',
        },
        config = function()
            local MiniExtra = require('mini.extra')
            local ai = require('mini.ai')
            local spec_treesitter = ai.gen_spec.treesitter
            ai.setup({
                custom_textobjects = {
                    F = spec_treesitter({ a = '@function.outer', i = '@function.inner' }),
                    C = spec_treesitter({ a = '@comment.outer', i = '@comment.inner' }),
                    P = spec_treesitter({ a = '@parameter.outer', i = '@parameter.inner' }),
                    O = spec_treesitter({ a = '@block.outter', i = '@block.inner' }),
                    k = spec_treesitter({ a = '@class.outer', i = '@class.inner' }),
                    o = spec_treesitter({
                        a = { '@conditional.outer', '@loop.outer' },
                        i = { '@conditional.inner', '@loop.inner' },
                    })
                }
            })
        end
    },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.move',
        lazy = false,
        version = '*',
        opts = {}
    },
    { 'nvim-mini/mini.align', lazy = false, version = '*', opts = {} },
    { 'nvim-mini/mini.bracketed', lazy = false, version = '*', opts = {} },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.operators',
        lazy = false,
        version = '*',
        opts = {
            evaluate = { prefix = 'g|', func = nil, },
            exchange = { prefix =  'g.', reindent_linewise = true, },
            multiply = { prefix = 'gm', func = nil, },
            replace = { prefix = 'gk', reindent_linewise = true, },
            sort = { prefix = 'gs', func = nil, }
        }
    },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.surround',
        lazy = false,
        version = '*',
        opts = {
            -- Add custom surroundings to be used on top of builtin ones. For more
            -- information with examples, see `:h MiniSurround.config`.
            -- custom_surroundings = {
            --     s = { input = { '%[%[().-()%]%]' }, output = { left = '[[', right =  ']]' } },
            -- },
            mappings = {
                add = 'sa', -- Add surrounding in Normal and Visual modes
                delete = 'sd', -- Delete surrounding
                find = 'sf', -- Find surrounding (to the right)
                find_left = 'sF', -- Find surrounding (to the left)
                highlight = 'sh', -- Highlight surrounding
                replace = 'sr', -- Replace surrounding
                update_n_lines = 'sn', -- Update `n_lines`

                suffix_last = 'l', -- Suffix to search with "prev" method
                suffix_next = 'n', -- Suffix to search with "next" method
            },
        }
    },
    { 
        'nvim-mini/mini.splitjoin', 
        lazy = false, 
        version = false,
        config = function()
            require('mini.splitjoin').setup()
        end,
    },
    {
        "nvim-mini/mini.hipatterns",
        lazy = false,
        event = "BufReadPre",
        config = function()
            local MiniExtra = require("mini.extra")
            local hi_words = MiniExtra.gen_highlighter.words
            require('mini.hipatterns').setup({
                highlighters = {
                    -- Highlight standalone 'FIXME', 'HACK', 'TODO', 'NOTE'
                    fixme = hi_words({ 'FIXME', 'Fixme', 'fixme' }, "MiniHipatternsFixme"),
                    hack = hi_words({ 'HACK', 'Hack', 'hack' }, "MiniHipatternsHack"),
                    todo = hi_words({ 'TODO', 'Todo', 'todo' }, "MiniHipatternsTodo"),
                    note = hi_words({ 'NOTE', 'Note', 'note' }, "MiniHipatternsNote"),
                    done = hi_words({ 'DONE', 'Done', 'done' }, "MiniHipatternsFixme"),

                    -- Highlight hex color strings (`#rrggbb`) using that color
                    -- hex_color = hipatterns.gen_highlighter.hex_color(),
                },
            })
        end,
    },
    {
        'nvim-mini/mini.files',
        event = 'VeryLazy',
        version = '*',
        keys = {
            { "-", function() require("mini.files").open(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)) end, desc = "Open parent directory", mode = "n" },
            { "<leader>-", function() require("mini.files").open() end, desc = "File Explore", mode = "n" },
        },
        opts = {
            mappings = {
                go_in = "<CR>", -- Map both Enter and L to enter directories or open files
                go_in_plus = "L",
                go_out = "-",
                go_out_plus = "H",
                close = "<Esc>",
            },
        }
    },
    { 
        'nvim-mini/mini.sessions',
        version = '*',
        lazy = false,
        config = function()
            require('mini.sessions').setup()
        end,
    },
}