return {
    {
        'folke/persistence.nvim',
        event = 'BufReadPre',
        opts = { options = vim.opt.sessionoptions:get() },
        keys = {
            {
                '<leader>ms',
                function()
                    require('persistence').load()
                end,
                desc = 'Restore Session',
            },
            {
                '<leader>ml',
                function()
                    require('persistence').load({ last = true })
                end,
                desc = 'Restore Last Session',
            },
            {
                '<leader>md',
                function()
                    require('persistence').stop()
                end,
                desc = "Don't Save Current Session",
            },
        },
    },
    {
        'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
        lazy = true,
    },
    {
        'iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim',
        build = 'cd app && yarn install',
        ft = { 'markdown' },
        keys = {
            {
                '<leader>cm',
                '<cmd>MarkdownPreviewToggle<CR>',
                desc = 'toggle markdown preview',
            },
        },
    },
    {
        'nvim-pack/nvim-spectre',
        build = false,
        cmd = 'Spectre',
        opts = { open_cmd = 'noswapfile vnew' },
        keys = {
            {
                '<leader>mr',
                function()
                    require('spectre').open()
                end,
                desc = 'Replace in Files (Spectre)',
            },
        },
    },
    {
        'szw/vim-maximizer',

        keys = {
            { '<leader>mm', '<cmd>MaximizerToggle<CR>', desc = 'Maximize/minimize a split' },
        },
    },
    {
        'folke/zen-mode.nvim',
        cmd = { 'ZenMode' },
        opts = {},
        keys = {
            { '<leader>wz', '<cmd>ZenMode<cr>', desc = 'Toggle zen mode' },
        },
    },
    {
        'chrisgrieser/nvim-recorder',
        dependencies = { 'rcarriga/nvim-notify' },
        event = 'VeryLazy',
        vscode = true,
        keys = {
            { 'q', desc = 'Start Recording' },
            { 'Q', desc = 'Play Recording' },
            { '<C-q>', desc = 'Switch Slot' },
            { 'cq', desc = 'Edit Macro' },
            { 'yq', desc = 'Yank Macro' },
            { 'dq', desc = 'Delete All Macros' },
        },
        opts = {
            useNerdFontsIcons = false,
            slots = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' },
            mapping = {
                startStopRecording = 'q',
                playMacro = 'Q',
                editMacro = 'cq',
                switchSlot = '<C-q>',
                deleteAllMacros = 'dq',
                yankMacro = 'yq',
            },
        },
    },
    {
        'creativenull/dotfyle-metadata.nvim',
        cmd = { 'DotfyleGenerate', 'DotfyleOpen' },
    },
    {
        'willothy/flatten.nvim',
        priority = 1001,
        opts = {
            window = {
                open = 'alternate',
            },
        },
    },
    {
        'wakatime/vim-wakatime',
        lazy = false,
    },
    {
        'mvllow/modes.nvim',
        event = { 'BufReadPost', 'BufNewFile' },
        tag = 'v0.2.0',
        config = function()
            require('modes').setup({

                colors = {
                    visual = '#f5c359',
                    delete = '#c75c6a',
                    copy = '#78ccc5',
                    insert = '#c5739a',
                },
                line_opacity = 0.15,
                set_cursor = true,
                set_cursorline = true,
                set_number = true,
                ignore_filetypes = { 'NvimTree', 'TelescopePrompt' },
            })
        end,
    },
    {
        'LunarVim/bigfile.nvim',
        event = { 'BufEnter', 'WinEnter' },
        opts = {
            -- Disables LSP/treesitter, etc for files above 5000 lives (even if they have really long lines)
            pattern = function(bufnr, filesize_mib)
                if filesize_mib >= 2 then
                    return true
                end
                -- you can't use `nvim_buf_line_count` because this runs on BufReadPre
                local file_contents = vim.fn.readfile(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(bufnr))
                local file_length = #file_contents
                if file_length > 5000 then
                    return true
                end

                return false
            end,
        },
    },
    {
        'm4xshen/hardtime.nvim',
        config = function()
            require('hardtime').setup({ enabled = true })
        end,
        cmd = 'Hardtime',
        init = function()
            vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>ch', '<cmd>HardtimeToggle<cr>', { desc = 'Toggle Hardtime' })
        end,
    },
}