return {
    {
        "mfussenegger/nvim-dap",
        event = "VeryLazy",
        dependencies = {
            "nvim-neotest/nvim-nio", -- dependency of nvim-dap-ui below
            "rcarriga/nvim-dap-ui",
            "jay-babu/mason-nvim-dap.nvim", -- requires mason.nvim
            "theHamsta/nvim-dap-virtual-text", -- TODO: decide if i want this or not
        },
        config = function()
            local dap = require("dap")
            local dap_ui = require("dapui")
            local mason_dap = require("mason-nvim-dap")
            local dap_virtual_text = require("nvim-dap-virtual-text")

            dap_virtual_text.setup()

            mason_dap.setup({
                ensure_installed = { "cppdbg" }, -- "codelldb", "lldb", "gdb", "cppdbg"
                automatic_installation = true,
                handlers = {
                    function(config) require("mason-nvim-dap").default_setup(config) end,
                },
            })

            dap.configurations = {
                c = {
                    {
                        name = "launch file",
                        type = "cppdbg",
                        request = "launch",
                        cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
                        program = function()
                            return vim.fn.input("path to executable: ", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/", "file")
                        end,
                        MIMode = "lldb",
                        stopAtEntry = false,
                    },
                    {
                        name = "attach to lldbserver :1234",
                        type = "cppdbg",
                        request = "launch",
                        cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
                        program = function()
                            return vim.fn.input("path to executable: ", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/", "file")
                        end,
                        MIMode = "lldb",
                        miDebuggerServerAddress = "localhost:1234",
                        miDebuggerPath = "/usr/bin/lldb",
                    },
                },
            }

            dap_ui.setup()
            vim.fn.sign_define("DapBreakpoint", { text = "🟥" })
            dap.listeners.before.attach.dapui_config = function() dap_ui.open() end
            dap.listeners.before.launch.dapui_config = function() dap_ui.open() end
            dap.listeners.before.event_terminated.dapui_config = function() dap_ui.close() end
            dap.listeners.before.event_exited.dapui_config = function() dap_ui.close() end
        end,
    },
}