return {
  { "goolord/alpha-nvim", enabled = false },
  { "echasnovski/mini.starter", enabled = false },
  {
    "glepnir/dashboard-nvim",
    event = "VimEnter",
    opts = function()
      local logo = [[
           ██╗      █████╗ ███████╗██╗   ██╗██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗          Z
           ██║     ██╔══██╗╚══███╔╝╚██╗ ██╔╝██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║      Z    
           ██║     ███████║  ███╔╝  ╚████╔╝ ██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║   z       
           ██║     ██╔══██║ ███╔╝    ╚██╔╝  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ z         
           ███████╗██║  ██║███████╗   ██║    ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║           
           ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝     ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝           
      ]]

      logo = string.rep("\n", 8) .. logo .. "\n\n"

      local opts = {
        theme = "doom",
        config = {
          header = vim.split(logo, "\n"),
          center = {
            { action = "Telescope find_files", desc = " Find file", icon = " ", key = "f" },
            { action = "ene | startinsert", desc = " New file", icon = " ", key = "n" },
            { action = "Telescope oldfiles", desc = " Recent files", icon = " ", key = "r" },
            { action = "Telescope live_grep", desc = " Find text", icon = " ", key = "g" },
            { action = "e $MYVIMRC", desc = " Config", icon = " ", key = "c" },
            { action = 'lua require("persistence").load()', desc = " Restore Session", icon = " ", key = "s" },
            { action = "Lazy", desc = " Lazy", icon = "󰒲 ", key = "l" },
            { action = "qa", desc = " Quit", icon = " ", key = "q" },
          },
          footer = function()
            local stats = require("lazy").stats()
            local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
            return { "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms" }
          end,
        },
      }

      for _, button in ipairs(opts.config.center) do
        button.desc = button.desc .. string.rep(" ", 43 - #button.desc)
      end

      -- close Lazy and re-open when the dashboard is ready
      if vim.o.filetype == "lazy" then
        vim.cmd.close()
        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
          pattern = "DashboardLoaded",
          callback = function()
            require("lazy").show()
          end,
        })
      end
      return opts
    end,
  },
}