return {
    'saghen/blink.cmp',
    -- optional: provides snippets for the snippet source
    dependencies = {
        'mikavilpas/blink-ripgrep.nvim',
        'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets',
        { 'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip', version = 'v2.*' }
    },
    -- use a release tag to download pre-built binaries
    version = 'v1.4.*',

    opts = {
        fuzzy = { implementation = 'prefer_rust_with_warning' },

        snippets = {
            preset = 'luasnip',
        },

        cmdline = {
            keymap = { preset = 'cmdline' },
            completion = {
                list = { selection = { preselect = false, auto_insert = true } }
            }
        },
        completion = { list = { selection = { preselect = false, auto_insert = true } } },
        keymap = {
            preset = 'enter',
            ['<Tab>'] = { 'select_next', 'snippet_forward', 'fallback' },
            ['<S-Tab>'] = { 'select_prev', 'snippet_backward', 'fallback' },
        },

        appearance = {
            use_nvim_cmp_as_default = true,
            nerd_font_variant = 'mono'
        },

        sources = {
            default = { 'lazydev', 'lsp', 'snippets', 'ripgrep', 'path', 'buffer' },
            providers = {
                lazydev = {
                    name = 'LazyDev',
                    module = 'lazydev.integrations.blink',
                    -- make lazydev completions top priority (see `:h blink.cmp`)
                    score_offset = 100,
                },
                ripgrep = {
                    module = 'blink-ripgrep',
                    name = 'Ripgrep',
                    score_offset = -2,
                    -- the options below are optional, some default values are shown
                    ---@module 'blink-ripgrep'
                    ---@type blink-ripgrep.Options
                    opts = {
                        max_filesize = '1M',
                        project_root_marker = '.git',
                        project_root_fallback = true,
                        search_casing = '--ignore-case',
                        additional_rg_options = {},
                        fallback_to_regex_highlighting = true,
                        ignore_paths = {},
                        additional_paths = {},
                        future_features = {
                            backend = {
                                use = 'ripgrep',
                            },
                        },
                        debug = false,
                    },
                    transform_items = function(_, items)
                        for _, item in ipairs(items) do
                            -- example: append a description to easily distinguish rg results
                            item.labelDetails = {
                                description = '(rg)',
                            }
                        end
                        return items
                    end,
                },
            },
        },

        signature = { enabled = true }
    },
}