diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/experimental/treesitter-rewrite.lua b/lua/lazyvim/experimental/treesitter-rewrite.lua
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+-- backwards compatibility with the old treesitter config for adding custom parsers
+local function patch()
+  local parsers = require("nvim-treesitter.parsers")
+  parsers.get_parser_configs = setmetatable({}, {
+    __call = function()
+      return parsers
+    end,
+  })
+end
+
+if vim.tbl_contains(LazyVim.config.json.data.extras, "lazyvim.plugins.extras.ui.treesitter-rewrite") then
+  if vim.fn.executable("tree-sitter") == 0 then
+    LazyVim.error("**treesitter-rewrite** requires the `tree-sitter` executable to be installed")
+    return {}
+  end
+
+  if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.10") == 0 then
+    LazyVim.error("**treesitter-rewrite** requires Neovim >= 0.10")
+    return {}
+  end
+end
+
+return {
+  {
+    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
+    version = false, -- last release is way too old and doesn't work on Windows
+    branch = "main",
+    build = ":TSUpdate",
+    lazy = false,
+    cmd = {},
+    opts = function()
+      patch()
+      return {
+        highlight = { enable = true },
+        indent = { enable = true },
+        ensure_install = {
+          "bash",
+          "c",
+          "diff",
+          "html",
+          "javascript",
+          "jsdoc",
+          "json",
+          "jsonc",
+          "lua",
+          "luadoc",
+          "luap",
+          "markdown",
+          "markdown_inline",
+          "python",
+          "query",
+          "regex",
+          "toml",
+          "tsx",
+          "typescript",
+          "vim",
+          "vimdoc",
+          "xml",
+          "yaml",
+        },
+      }
+    end,
+    init = function() end,
+    ---@param opts TSConfig
+    config = function(_, opts)
+      ---@return string[]
+      local function norm(ensure)
+        return ensure == nil and {} or type(ensure) == "string" and { ensure } or ensure
+      end
+
+      -- ensure_installed is deprecated, but still supported
+      opts.ensure_install = LazyVim.dedup(vim.list_extend(norm(opts.ensure_install), norm(opts.ensure_installed)))
+
+      require("nvim-treesitter").setup(opts)
+      patch()
+
+      -- backwards compatibility with the old treesitter config for indent
+      if vim.tbl_get(opts, "indent", "enable") then
+        vim.bo.indentexpr = "v:lua.require'nvim-treesitter'.indentexpr()"
+      end
+
+      -- backwards compatibility with the old treesitter config for highlight
+      if vim.tbl_get(opts, "highlight", "enable") then
+        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
+          callback = function()
+            pcall(vim.treesitter.start)
+          end,
+        })
+      end
+    end,
+  },
+  {
+    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects",
+    enabled = false,
+  },
+  {
+    "windwp/nvim-ts-autotag",
+    dev = true,
+    enabled = true,
+  },
+  {
+    "RRethy/vim-illuminate",
+    optional = true,
+    enabled = false,
+  },
+}