return {
  "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  tag = '0.1.8',
  version = false,
  dependencies = {
    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
    { "nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim", build = "make" },
    "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
    "BurntSushi/ripgrep",
    "folke/todo-comments.nvim",
  },
  config = function()
    local telescope = require("telescope")
    local actions = require("telescope.actions")

    telescope.setup({
defaults = {
  mappings = {
    i = {
      ["<C-k>"] = actions.move_selection_previous, -- move to prev result
      ["<C-j>"] = actions.move_selection_next, -- move to next result
      ["<C-q>"] = actions.send_selected_to_qflist + actions.open_qflist,
    },
  },
		file_ignore_patterns = { "node_modules", "dist", ".git", ".next" },
		path_display = { "filename_first" },
		sorting_strategy = "ascending",
		layout_strategy = "flex",
		layout_config = {
			horizontal = {
        prompt_position = "top",
				width = 0.9,
				height = 0.9,
				preview_width = 0.5,
			},
			vertical = {
				width = 0.9,
				height = 0.9,
			},
		},
	},
	pickers = {
		find_files = {
			hidden = true,
			no_ignore = true,
		},
	},
	extensions = {
		themes = {
			layout_strategy = "vertical",
			layout_config = {
				vertical = {
					height = 0.4,
					width = 0.4,
					prompt_position = "top",
				},
				horizontal = {
					width = 0.8,
					height = 0.7,
				},
			},
			light_themes = {
				ignore = true,
				keywords = { "light", "day", "frappe", "latte", "dawn" },
			},
			enable_previewer = false,
			enable_live_preview = true,
		},
	},
    })

    telescope.load_extension("fzf")

    -- set keymaps
    local keymap = vim.keymap -- for conciseness

    keymap.set("n", "<leader>ff", "<cmd>Telescope find_files<cr>", { desc = "Fuzzy find files in cwd" })
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>fr", "<cmd>Telescope oldfiles<cr>", { desc = "Fuzzy find recent files" })
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>fs", "<cmd>Telescope live_grep<cr>", { desc = "Find string in cwd" })
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>fc", "<cmd>Telescope grep_string<cr>", { desc = "Find string under cursor in cwd" })
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>ft", "<cmd>TodoTelescope<cr>", { desc = "Find todos" })
  end,
}