return {
	"folke/snacks.nvim",
	priority = 1000,
	lazy = false,
	---@type snacks.Config
	opts = {
		explorer = { enabled = false },

		bigfile = { enabled = true },
		quickfile = { enabled = true },

		---@class snacks.animate.Config
		---@field easing? snacks.animate.easing|snacks.animate.easing.Fn
		animate = {
			enabled = false,
			---@type snacks.animate.Duration|number
			duration = 4, -- ms per step

			easing = "linear",
			fps = 90, -- frames per second. Global setting for all animations
		},
		notifier = { enabled = true },
		indent = { enabled = true },
		toggle = { enabled = true },
		scroll = { enabled = true },
		---@class snacks.dashboard.Config
		---@field enabled? boolean
		---@field sections snacks.dashboard.Section
		---@field formats table<string, snacks.dashboard.Text|fun(item:snacks.dashboard.Item, ctx:snacks.dashboard.Format.ctx):snacks.dashboard.Text>
		dashboard = {
			row = nil,
			col = nil,
			pane_gap = 2,
			enabled = true,
			sections = {
				{ section = "header" },
				{
					pane = 2,
					section = "terminal",
					cmd = "colorscript -e square",
					height = 6,
					padding = 1,
				},
				{ section = "keys", gap = 1, padding = 1 },
				{
					pane = 2,
					icon = " ",
					title = "Recent Files",
					section = "recent_files",
					indent = 2,
					padding = 1,
				},
				{ pane = 2, icon = " ", title = "Projects", section = "projects", indent = 2, padding = 1 },
				{
					pane = 2,
					icon = " ",
					title = "Git Status",
					section = "terminal",
					enabled = function()
						return Snacks.git.get_root() ~= nil
					end,
					cmd = "git status --short --branch --renames",
					height = 5,
					padding = 1,
					ttl = 5 * 60,
					indent = 3,
				},
				{ section = "startup" },
			},
		},
	},
	keys = {
		-- Top Pickers & Explorer
		{
			"<leader>sf",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.smart()
			end,
			desc = "Smart Find Files",
		},
		{
			"<leader><space>",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.buffers()
			end,
			desc = "Buffers",
		},
		{
			"<leader>/",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.grep()
			end,
			desc = "Grep",
		},
		{
			"<leader>:",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.command_history()
			end,
			desc = "Command History",
		},
		{
			"<leader>n",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.notifications()
			end,
			desc = "Notification History",
		},
		-- {
		-- 	"<leader>e",
		-- 	function()
		-- 		Snacks.explorer()
		-- 	end,
		-- 	desc = "File Explorer",
		-- },
		-- find
		-- {
		-- 	"<leader>fb",
		-- 	function()
		-- 		Snacks.picker.buffers()
		-- 	end,
		-- 	desc = "Buffers",
		-- },

		-- both of the next two bindings are the same, just for different keymaps
		-- ─< find [N]eovim config >────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
		{
			"<leader>fn",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.files({ cwd = vim.fn.stdpath("config") })
			end,
			desc = "Find Config File",
		},
		-- ─< find neovim [C]onfig >────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
		{
			"<leader>fc",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.files({ cwd = vim.fn.stdpath("config") })
			end,
			desc = "Find Config File",
		},

		{
			"<leader>ff",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.files()
			end,
			desc = "Find Files",
		},
		{
			"<leader>fg",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_files()
			end,
			desc = "Find Git Files",
		},
		{
			"<leader>fp",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.projects()
			end,
			desc = "Projects",
		},
		{
			"<leader>fr",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.recent()
			end,
			desc = "Recent",
		},
		-- git
		{
			"<leader>gb",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_branches()
			end,
			desc = "Git Branches",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gl",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_log()
			end,
			desc = "Git Log",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gL",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_log_line()
			end,
			desc = "Git Log Line",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gs",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_status()
			end,
			desc = "Git Status",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gS",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_stash()
			end,
			desc = "Git Stash",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gd",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_diff()
			end,
			desc = "Git Diff (Hunks)",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gf",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.git_log_file()
			end,
			desc = "Git Log File",
		},
		-- Grep
		{
			"<leader>sg",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.grep()
			end,
			desc = "Grep",
		},
		{
			"<leader>sw",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.grep_word()
			end,
			desc = "Visual selection or word",
			mode = { "n", "x" },
		},
		{
			"<leader>T",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.colorschemes()
			end,
			desc = "Colorschemes",
		},
		-- LSP
		{
			"gd",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.lsp_definitions()
			end,
			desc = "Goto Definition",
		},
		{
			"gD",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.lsp_declarations()
			end,
			desc = "Goto Declaration",
		},
		{
			"gr",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.lsp_references()
			end,
			nowait = true,
			desc = "References",
		},
		{
			"gI",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.lsp_implementations()
			end,
			desc = "Goto Implementation",
		},
		{
			"gy",
			function()
				Snacks.picker.lsp_type_definitions()
			end,
			desc = "Goto T[y]pe Definition",
		},
		-- Other
		{
			"<leader>z",
			function()
				Snacks.zen()
			end,
			desc = "Toggle Zen Mode",
		},
		{
			"<leader>Z",
			function()
				Snacks.zen.zoom()
			end,
			desc = "Toggle Zoom",
		},
		{
			"<leader>n",
			function()
				Snacks.notifier.show_history()
			end,
			desc = "Notification History",
		},
		{
			"<leader>cR",
			function()
				Snacks.rename.rename_file()
			end,
			desc = "Rename File",
		},
		{
			"<leader>gB",
			function()
				Snacks.gitbrowse()
			end,
			desc = "Git Browse",
			mode = { "n", "v" },
		},
		{
			"<leader>gg",
			function()
				Snacks.lazygit()
			end,
			desc = "Lazygit",
		},
		{
			"<leader>un",
			function()
				Snacks.notifier.hide()
			end,
			desc = "Dismiss All Notifications",
		},
		{
			"<leader>N",
			desc = "Neovim News",
			function()
				Snacks.win({
					file = vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("doc/news.txt", false)[1],
					width = 0.6,
					height = 0.6,
					wo = {
						spell = false,
						wrap = false,
						signcolumn = "yes",
						statuscolumn = " ",
						conceallevel = 3,
					},
				})
			end,
		},
	},
	init = function()
		vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
			pattern = "VeryLazy",
			callback = function()
				-- Setup some globals for debugging (lazy-loaded)
				_G.dd = function(...)
					Snacks.debug.inspect(...)
				end
				_G.bt = function()
					Snacks.debug.backtrace()
				end
				vim.print = _G.dd -- Override print to use snacks for `:=` command

				-- Create some toggle mappings
				Snacks.toggle.option("spell", { name = "Spelling" }):map("<leader>us")
				Snacks.toggle.option("wrap", { name = "Wrap" }):map("<leader>uw")
				Snacks.toggle.option("relativenumber", { name = "Relative Number" }):map("<leader>uL")
				Snacks.toggle.diagnostics():map("<leader>ud")
				Snacks.toggle.line_number():map("<leader>ul")
				Snacks.toggle
					.option("conceallevel", { off = 0, on = vim.o.conceallevel > 0 and vim.o.conceallevel or 2 })
					:map("<leader>uc")
				Snacks.toggle.treesitter():map("<leader>uT")
				Snacks.toggle
					.option("background", { off = "light", on = "dark", name = "Dark Background" })
					:map("<leader>ub")
				Snacks.toggle.inlay_hints():map("<leader>uh")
				Snacks.toggle.indent():map("<leader>ug")
				Snacks.toggle.dim():map("<leader>uD")
			end,
		})
	end,
	dependencies = {
		{
			"RileyGabrielson/inspire.nvim",
			config = function()
				require("inspire").setup({
					-- 'daily' or 'random'
					mode = "daily",

					-- Override the default quotes
					quotes = {
						{ text = "My First Custom Quote", author = "Me" },
						{ text = "My Second Custom Quote", author = "Myself" },
						{ text = "My Third Custom Quote", author = "and I" },
					},
				})
			end,
		},
		{
			"folke/persistence.nvim",
			event = "BufReadPre",
			opts = {},
        -- stylua: ignore
        keys = {
          -- { "<leader>qs", function() require("persistence").load() end, desc = "Restore Session" },
          -- { "<leader>ql", function() require("persistence").load({ last = true }) end, desc = "Restore Last Session" },
          -- { "<leader>qd", function() require("persistence").stop() end, desc = "Don't Save Current Session" },
            { "<leader>db", "<cmd>:Dashboard<CR>", desc = "Dashboard"},
              { "<leader>dq", function() require("inspire").show_quote() end, desc = "Show Inspire Quote"}, 
        },
		},
	},
}