return {
  "kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua",
  keys = {
    {"<leader>me", ':NvimTreeToggle<CR>', desc = 'open / close nvim tree', mode = 'n'},
    {"<F3>", ':NvimTreeToggle<CR>', desc = 'open / close nvim tree', mode = 'n'}
  },
  opts = {
    auto_reload_on_write = true,
    disable_netrw = false,
    hijack_cursor = false,
    hijack_netrw = true,
    hijack_unnamed_buffer_when_opening = false,
    open_on_tab = false,
    sort_by = "name",
    update_cwd = false,
    view = {
      width = 40,
      side = "left",
      preserve_window_proportions = false,
      number = false,
      relativenumber = false,
      signcolumn = "yes",
    },
    renderer = {
      indent_markers = {
        enable = false,
        icons = {
          corner = "└ ",
          edge = "│ ",
          none = "  ",
        },
      },
    },
    hijack_directories = {
      enable = true,
      auto_open = true,
    },
    update_focused_file = {
      enable = false,
      update_cwd = false,
      ignore_list = {},
    },
    system_open = {
      cmd = nil,
      args = {},
    },
    filters = {
      dotfiles = false,
      custom = {},
      exclude = {},
    },
    git = {
      enable = true,
      ignore = true,
      timeout = 400,
    },
    actions = {
      use_system_clipboard = true,
      change_dir = {
        enable = true,
        global = false,
      },
      open_file = {
        quit_on_open = false,
        resize_window = false,
        window_picker = {
          enable = true,
          chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890",
          exclude = {
            filetype = { "notify", "packer", "qf", "diff", "fugitive", "fugitiveblame" },
            buftype = { "nofile", "terminal", "help" },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  }
}