return {
    "goolord/alpha-nvim",
    event = "VimEnter",
    opts = function()
        local dashboard = require "alpha.themes.dashboard"
        local logo = [[
    ██╗      █████╗ ███████╗██╗   ██╗██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗          Z
    ██║     ██╔══██╗╚══███╔╝╚██╗ ██╔╝██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║      Z
    ██║     ███████║  ███╔╝  ╚████╔╝ ██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║   z
    ██║     ██╔══██║ ███╔╝    ╚██╔╝  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ z
    ███████╗██║  ██║███████╗   ██║    ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║
    ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝     ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝
    ]]

        dashboard.section.header.val = vim.split(logo, "\n")
        dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
            dashboard.button("t", "󰝖  Tasks", '<cmd>lua require("taskwarrior_nvim").browser({"ready"}) <CR>'),
            dashboard.button("f", "  Find file", "<cmd>Telescope find_files <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("r", "  Recent files", "<cmd>Telescope oldfiles <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("o", "  File browser", "<cmd>Oil <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("p", "󱞁  Personal notes", "<cmd>Neorg workspace personal<CR>"),
            dashboard.button("w", "󱞂  Work notes", "<cmd>Neorg workspace work<CR>"),
            dashboard.button("g", "󰊢  Git status", "<cmd>Neogit <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("c", "  Config", "<cmd>e $HOME/.config/home-manager/flake.nix <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("l", "󰒲  Lazy", "<cmd>Lazy<CR>"),
            dashboard.button("h", "  Help", "<cmd>Telescope help_tags <CR>"),
            dashboard.button("q", "  Quit", "<cmd>qa<CR>"),
        }
        for _, button in ipairs(dashboard.section.buttons.val) do
            button.opts.hl = "AlphaButtons"
            button.opts.hl_shortcut = "AlphaShortcut"
        end
        dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "AlphaHeader"
        dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "AlphaButtons"
        dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "AlphaFooter"
        dashboard.opts.layout[1].val = 8
        return dashboard
    end,
    config = function(_, dashboard)
        -- 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 = "AlphaReady",
                callback = function() require("lazy").show() end,
            })
        end

        require("alpha").setup(dashboard.opts)

        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
            pattern = "LazyVimStarted",
            callback = function()
                local stats = require("lazy").stats()
                local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
                dashboard.section.footer.val = "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms"
                pcall(vim.cmd.AlphaRedraw)
            end,
        })
    end,
}