return {
	{
		"ThePrimeagen/refactoring.nvim",
		requires = {
			{ "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" },
			{ "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter" },
		},
		config = function()
			require("refactoring").setup({})
		end,
	},
	{
		"folke/tokyonight.nvim",
		lazy = false, -- make sure we load this during startup if it is your main colorscheme
		priority = 1000, -- make sure to load this before all the other start plugins
		config = function()
			-- load the colorscheme here
			vim.cmd([[colorscheme tokyonight]])
		end,
	},
	-- formatting & linting
	"jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim",
	--	use("jayp0521/mason-null-ls.nvim")
	{
		"kylechui/nvim-surround",
		version = "*", -- Use for stability; omit to use `main` branch for the latest features
		event = "VeryLazy",
		config = function()
			require("nvim-surround").setup({
				-- Configuration here, or leave empty to use defaults
			})
		end,
	},
	{
		"folke/trouble.nvim",
		requires = "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
		config = function()
			require("trouble").setup({
				-- your configuration comes here
				-- or leave it empty to use the default settings
				-- refer to the configuration section below
			})
		end,
	},
	{
		"rafamadriz/friendly-snippets",
		config = function()
			require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load()
		end,
	},
}