return function()
  vim.opt.termguicolors = true
  require('packer').startup(function(use)
      use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim' -- Ensure that Packer stays updated

      -- Color Schemes
      use { 'dracula/vim', as = 'dracula' }
      use 'arcticicestudio/nord-vim'
      use 'joshdick/onedark.vim'
      use 'morhetz/gruvbox'
      use 'sainnhe/everforest'
      use 'sainnhe/edge'
      use 'edeneast/nightfox.nvim'
      use 'catppuccin/vim'
      use 'drewtempelmeyer/palenight.vim'
      use 'ghifarit53/tokyonight-vim'
      use 'hzchirs/vim-material'

      -- Language Support
      use { 'neoclide/coc.nvim', branch = 'release' } -- LSPs
      use 'preservim/tagbar' -- Ctags
      use 'lervag/vimtex' -- LaTeX
      use 'sirtaj/vim-openscad' -- OpenSCAD syntax highlighting, etc.
      use 'meatballs/vim-xonsh' -- xsh syntax highlighting
      use 'vlelo/arduino-helper.nvim' -- Arduino
      use 'habamax/vim-godot' -- GDScript
      use 'fruit-in/brainfuck-vim' -- brainfuck
      use 'mattn/emmet-vim' -- html emmets
      use {
          'ModProg/cargo.nvim', 
          run = 'makers release',
          config = function()
              require"cargo".setup()
          end
      }

      use {
        'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim', tag = '0.1.1',
        requires = {{'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'}}
      }
      use {'AckslD/nvim-whichkey-setup.lua', requires={ 'liuchengxu/vim-which-key' }} -- keybind helper popup
      use 'junegunn/fzf.vim' -- fuzzy finder
      use 'tpope/vim-commentary' -- Comment things
      use 'preservim/nerdtree' -- NERDTree: File Viewer
      use 'vim-airline/vim-airline' -- status bar
      -- use 'm4xshen/autoclose.nvim' -- autoclosing brackets, not sure if I'll keep it
      use 'tpope/vim-surround' -- surround text with brackets
      use {'kevinhwang91/nvim-ufo', requires = 'kevinhwang91/promise-async'} -- better folding
      use 'tpope/vim-fugitive' -- git
      use 'junegunn/goyo.vim' -- focus mode

      use 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons' -- icons for NERDTree (must be loaded last)
  end)

end