return {
  { "rcarriga/nvim-notify",     enabled = false },
  { "folke/todo-comments.nvim", enabled = false },
  -- this one is the command line popup
  { "folke/noice.nvim",         enabled = false },
  { "indent-blankline.nvim",    enabled = false },
  { "mini.indentscope",         enabled = false },
  { "RRethy/vim-illuminate",    enabled = false },
  { "neodev.nvim",              enabled = false },
  { "neo-tree.nvim",            enabled = false },
  { "bufferline.nvim",          enabled = false },
  { "dashboard-nvim",           enabled = false },
  { "flash.nvim",               enabled = false },
  { "mini.pairs",               enabled = false },
  { "mini.ai",                  enabled = false },
  { "nvim-ts-autotag",          enabled = false },
  { "conform.nvim",             enabled = false },
}