diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0fd3cc8c..d5a7b709 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         };
 
         homeManagerModules = {
-          nvf = import ./flake/modules/home-manager.nix self.packages lib;
+          nvf = import ./flake/modules/home-manager.nix {inherit lib self;};
           default = self.homeManagerModules.nvf;
           neovim-flake =
             lib.warn ''
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         };
 
         nixosModules = {
-          nvf = import ./flake/modules/nixos.nix self.packages lib;
+          nvf = import ./flake/modules/nixos.nix {inherit lib self;};
           default = self.nixosModules.nvf;
           neovim-flake =
             lib.warn ''
diff --git a/flake/modules/home-manager.nix b/flake/modules/home-manager.nix
index 77b8448c..715f7537 100644
--- a/flake/modules/home-manager.nix
+++ b/flake/modules/home-manager.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 # Home Manager module
-packages: lib: {
+{
+  self,
+  lib,
+}: {
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }: let
+  inherit (self) packages inputs;
   inherit (lib) maintainers;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkAliasOptionModule;
   inherit (lib.lists) optional;
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalExpression;
-  inherit (lib.types) attrsOf anything bool;
-  inherit (lib.nvim) neovimConfiguration;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.types) anythingConcatLists;
+  inherit (lib.types) anything bool submoduleWith;
 
   cfg = config.programs.nvf;
 
-  neovimConfigured = neovimConfiguration {
-    inherit pkgs;
-    modules = [cfg.settings];
+  nvfModule = submoduleWith {
+    description = "Nvf module";
+    class = "nvf";
+    specialArgs = {
+      inherit pkgs lib inputs;
+    };
+    modules = import ../../modules/modules.nix {inherit pkgs lib;};
   };
 in {
   imports = [
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     settings = mkOption {
-      type = attrsOf anythingConcatLists;
+      type = nvfModule;
       default = {};
       description = "Attribute set of nvf preferences.";
       example = literalExpression ''
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    programs.nvf.finalPackage = neovimConfigured.neovim;
+    programs.nvf.finalPackage = cfg.settings.vim.build.finalPackage;
 
     home = {
       sessionVariables = mkIf cfg.defaultEditor {EDITOR = "nvim";};
diff --git a/flake/modules/nixos.nix b/flake/modules/nixos.nix
index 022b3d94..ecc173a1 100644
--- a/flake/modules/nixos.nix
+++ b/flake/modules/nixos.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 # NixOS module
-packages: lib: {
+{
+  self,
+  lib,
+}: {
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }: let
+  inherit (self) inputs packages;
   inherit (lib) maintainers;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkOverride mkAliasOptionModule;
   inherit (lib.lists) optional;
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalExpression;
-  inherit (lib.types) attrsOf anything bool;
-  inherit (lib.nvim) neovimConfiguration;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.types) anythingConcatLists;
+  inherit (lib.types) anything bool submoduleWith;
 
   cfg = config.programs.nvf;
 
-  neovimConfigured = neovimConfiguration {
-    inherit pkgs;
-    modules = [cfg.settings];
+  nvfModule = submoduleWith {
+    description = "Nvf module";
+    class = "nvf";
+    specialArgs = {
+      inherit pkgs lib inputs;
+    };
+    modules = import ../../modules/modules.nix {inherit pkgs lib;};
   };
 in {
   imports = [
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     settings = mkOption {
-      type = attrsOf anythingConcatLists;
+      type = nvfModule;
       default = {};
       description = "Attribute set of nvf preferences.";
       example = literalExpression ''
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    programs.nvf.finalPackage = neovimConfigured.neovim;
+    programs.nvf.finalPackage = cfg.settings.vim.build.finalPackage;
 
     environment = {
       variables.EDITOR = mkIf cfg.defaultEditor (mkOverride 900 "nvim");
diff --git a/lib/types/custom.nix b/lib/types/custom.nix
index 3d4a2bcb..c42cd2ce 100644
--- a/lib/types/custom.nix
+++ b/lib/types/custom.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,8 @@
 {lib}: let
-  inherit (lib.options) showOption showFiles getFiles mergeOneOption mergeEqualOption;
-  inherit (lib.strings) isString isStringLike;
-  inherit (lib.types) anything attrsOf listOf mkOptionType;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.types) anythingConcatLists;
-  inherit (builtins) typeOf isAttrs any head concatLists stringLength match;
+  inherit (lib.options) mergeEqualOption;
+  inherit (lib.strings) isString stringLength match;
+  inherit (lib.types) listOf mkOptionType;
 in {
-  # HACK: Does this break anything in our case?
-  # A modified version of the nixpkgs anything type that concatenates lists
-  # This isn't the default because the order in which the lists are concatenated depends on the order in which the modules are imported,
-  # which makes it non-deterministic
-  anythingConcatLists =
-    anything
-    // {
-      merge = loc: defs: let
-        getType = value:
-          if isAttrs value && isStringLike value
-          then "stringCoercibleSet"
-          else typeOf value;
-
-        # Throw an error if not all defs have the same type
-        checkType = getType (head defs).value;
-        commonType =
-          if any (def: getType def.value != checkType) defs
-          then throw "The option `${showOption loc}' has conflicting option types in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}"
-          else checkType;
-
-        mergeFunctions = {
-          # Recursively merge attribute sets
-          set = (attrsOf anythingConcatLists).merge;
-
-          # Overridden behavior for lists, that concatenates lists
-          list = _: defs: concatLists (map (e: e.value) defs);
-
-          # This means it's a package, only accept a single definition
-          stringCoercibleSet = mergeOneOption;
-
-          # This works by passing the argument to the functions,
-          # and merging their returns values instead
-          lambda = loc: defs: arg:
-            anythingConcatLists.merge
-            (loc ++ ["<function body>"])
-            (map (def: {
-                inherit (def) file;
-                value = def.value arg;
-              })
-              defs);
-        };
-      in
-        # Merge the defs with the correct function from above, if available
-        # otherwise only allow equal values
-        (mergeFunctions.${commonType} or mergeEqualOption) loc defs;
-    };
-
   mergelessListOf = elemType: let
     super = listOf elemType;
   in
diff --git a/lib/types/default.nix b/lib/types/default.nix
index 73b35956..c1c16715 100644
--- a/lib/types/default.nix
+++ b/lib/types/default.nix
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ in {
   inherit (typesDag) dagOf;
   inherit (typesPlugin) pluginsOpt extraPluginType mkPluginSetupOption luaInline pluginType borderType;
   inherit (typesLanguage) diagnostics mkGrammarOption;
-  inherit (customTypes) anythingConcatLists char hexColor mergelessListOf;
+  inherit (customTypes) char hexColor mergelessListOf;
 }
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index a2f8730d..a207e0d1 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
   extraModules ? [],
   configuration ? {},
 }: let
-  inherit (pkgs) vimPlugins;
-  inherit (lib.strings) isString toString;
-  inherit (lib.lists) filter map concatLists;
+  inherit (lib.strings) toString;
+  inherit (lib.lists) concatLists;
 
   # import modules.nix with `check`, `pkgs` and `lib` as arguments
   # check can be disabled while calling this file is called
@@ -21,7 +20,12 @@
   # evaluate the extended library with the modules
   # optionally with any additional modules passed by the user
   module = lib.evalModules {
-    specialArgs = extraSpecialArgs // {modulesPath = toString ./.;};
+    specialArgs =
+      extraSpecialArgs
+      // {
+        inherit inputs;
+        modulesPath = toString ./.;
+      };
     modules = concatLists [
       nvimModules
       modules
@@ -36,102 +40,11 @@
         extraModules))
     ];
   };
-
-  # alias to the internal configuration
-  vimOptions = module.config.vim;
-
-  noBuildPlug = {pname, ...} @ attrs: let
-    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
-  in
-    {
-      version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
-      outPath = src;
-      passthru.vimPlugin = false;
-    }
-    // attrs;
-
-  # build a vim plugin with the given name and arguments
-  # if the plugin is nvim-treesitter, warn the user to use buildTreesitterPlug
-  # instead
-  buildPlug = attrs: let
-    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
-  in
-    pkgs.vimUtils.buildVimPlugin (
-      {
-        version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
-        inherit src;
-      }
-      // attrs
-    );
-
-  buildTreesitterPlug = grammars: vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.withPlugins (_: grammars);
-
-  pluginBuilders = {
-    nvim-treesitter = buildTreesitterPlug vimOptions.treesitter.grammars;
-    flutter-tools-patched = buildPlug {
-      pname = "flutter-tools";
-      patches = [../patches/flutter-tools.patch];
-    };
-  };
-
-  buildConfigPlugins = plugins:
-    map (
-      plug:
-        if (isString plug)
-        then pluginBuilders.${plug} or (noBuildPlug {pname = plug;})
-        else plug
-    ) (filter (f: f != null) plugins);
-
-  # built (or "normalized") plugins that are modified
-  builtStartPlugins = buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.startPlugins;
-  builtOptPlugins = map (package: package // {optional = true;}) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
-
-  # additional Lua and Python3 packages, mapped to their respective functions
-  # to conform to the format mnw expects. end user should
-  # only ever need to pass a list of packages, which are modified
-  # here
-  extraLuaPackages = ps: map (x: ps.${x}) vimOptions.luaPackages;
-  extraPython3Packages = ps: map (x: ps.${x}) vimOptions.python3Packages;
-
-  # Wrap the user's desired (unwrapped) Neovim package with arguments that'll be used to
-  # generate a wrapped Neovim package.
-  neovim-wrapped = inputs.mnw.lib.wrap pkgs {
-    neovim = vimOptions.package;
-    plugins = builtStartPlugins ++ builtOptPlugins;
-    appName = "nvf";
-    extraBinPath = vimOptions.extraPackages;
-    initLua = vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
-    luaFiles = vimOptions.extraLuaFiles;
-
-    inherit (vimOptions) viAlias vimAlias withRuby withNodeJs withPython3;
-    inherit extraLuaPackages extraPython3Packages;
-  };
-
-  dummyInit = pkgs.writeText "nvf-init.lua" vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
-  # Additional helper scripts for printing and displaying nvf configuration
-  # in your commandline.
-  printConfig = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config" "cat ${dummyInit}";
-  printConfigPath = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config-path" "echo -n ${dummyInit}";
 in {
   inherit (module) options config;
   inherit (module._module.args) pkgs;
 
   # Expose wrapped neovim-package for userspace
   # or module consumption.
-  neovim = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-    name = "nvf-with-helpers";
-    paths = [neovim-wrapped printConfig printConfigPath];
-    postBuild = "echo Helpers added";
-
-    # Allow evaluating vimOptions, i.e., config.vim from the packages' passthru
-    # attribute. For example, packages.x86_64-linux.neovim.passthru.neovimConfig
-    # will return the configuration in full.
-    passthru.neovimConfig = vimOptions;
-
-    meta =
-      neovim-wrapped.meta
-      // {
-        description = "Wrapped Neovim package with helper scripts to print the config (path)";
-      };
-  };
+  neovim = module.config.vim.build.finalPackage;
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index bc441e96..6e05c592 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     # using the configuration passed in `neovim` and `plugins` modules.
     wrapper = map (p: ./wrapper + "/${p}") [
       "build"
+      "environment"
       "rc"
       "warnings"
       "lazy"
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/build/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/build/config.nix
index 97788bd4..85c87dd6 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/build/config.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/build/config.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,111 @@
 {
-  config,
+  inputs,
   lib,
+  config,
+  pkgs,
   ...
-}: let
-  inherit (lib.attrsets) attrValues;
+}
+: let
+  inherit (pkgs) vimPlugins;
+  inherit (lib.strings) isString;
+  inherit (lib.lists) filter map;
 
-  cfg = config.vim;
+  # alias to the internal configuration
+  vimOptions = config.vim;
+
+  noBuildPlug = {pname, ...} @ attrs: let
+    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
+  in
+    {
+      version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
+      outPath = src;
+      passthru.vimPlugin = false;
+    }
+    // attrs;
+
+  # build a vim plugin with the given name and arguments
+  # if the plugin is nvim-treesitter, warn the user to use buildTreesitterPlug
+  # instead
+  buildPlug = attrs: let
+    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
+  in
+    pkgs.vimUtils.buildVimPlugin (
+      {
+        version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
+        inherit src;
+      }
+      // attrs
+    );
+
+  buildTreesitterPlug = grammars: vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.withPlugins (_: grammars);
+
+  pluginBuilders = {
+    nvim-treesitter = buildTreesitterPlug vimOptions.treesitter.grammars;
+    flutter-tools-patched = buildPlug {
+      pname = "flutter-tools";
+      patches = [../patches/flutter-tools.patch];
+    };
+  };
+
+  buildConfigPlugins = plugins:
+    map (
+      plug:
+        if (isString plug)
+        then pluginBuilders.${plug} or (noBuildPlug {pname = plug;})
+        else plug
+    ) (filter (f: f != null) plugins);
+
+  # built (or "normalized") plugins that are modified
+  builtStartPlugins = buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.startPlugins;
+  builtOptPlugins = map (package: package // {optional = true;}) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
+
+  # additional Lua and Python3 packages, mapped to their respective functions
+  # to conform to the format mnw expects. end user should
+  # only ever need to pass a list of packages, which are modified
+  # here
+  extraLuaPackages = ps: map (x: ps.${x}) vimOptions.luaPackages;
+  extraPython3Packages = ps: map (x: ps.${x}) vimOptions.python3Packages;
+
+  # Wrap the user's desired (unwrapped) Neovim package with arguments that'll be used to
+  # generate a wrapped Neovim package.
+  neovim-wrapped = inputs.mnw.lib.wrap pkgs {
+    neovim = vimOptions.package;
+    plugins = builtStartPlugins ++ builtOptPlugins;
+    appName = "nvf";
+    extraBinPath = vimOptions.extraPackages;
+    initLua = vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
+    luaFiles = vimOptions.extraLuaFiles;
+
+    inherit (vimOptions) viAlias vimAlias withRuby withNodeJs withPython3;
+    inherit extraLuaPackages extraPython3Packages;
+  };
+
+  dummyInit = pkgs.writeText "nvf-init.lua" vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
+  # Additional helper scripts for printing and displaying nvf configuration
+  # in your commandline.
+  printConfig = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config" "cat ${dummyInit}";
+  printConfigPath = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config-path" "echo -n ${dummyInit}";
+
+  # Expose wrapped neovim-package for userspace
+  # or module consumption.
+  neovim = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "nvf-with-helpers";
+    paths = [neovim-wrapped printConfig printConfigPath];
+    postBuild = "echo Helpers added";
+
+    # Allow evaluating vimOptions, i.e., config.vim from the packages' passthru
+    # attribute. For example, packages.x86_64-linux.neovim.passthru.neovimConfig
+    # will return the configuration in full.
+    passthru.neovimConfig = vimOptions;
+
+    meta =
+      neovim-wrapped.meta
+      // {
+        description = "Wrapped Neovim package with helper scripts to print the config (path)";
+      };
+  };
 in {
-  config = {
-    vim.startPlugins = map (x: x.package) (attrValues cfg.extraPlugins);
+  config.vim.build = {
+    finalPackage = neovim;
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/build/default.nix b/modules/wrapper/build/default.nix
index fe9e1b8e..0ebefe45 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/build/default.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/build/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   imports = [
-    ./config.nix
     ./options.nix
+    ./config.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/build/options.nix b/modules/wrapper/build/options.nix
index 6a8d085f..fa1db61e 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/build/options.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/build/options.nix
@@ -1,144 +1,12 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalMD;
-  inherit (lib.types) package bool str listOf attrsOf;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.types) pluginsOpt extraPluginType;
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.types) package;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption;
 in {
-  options.vim = {
-    package = mkOption {
+  options.vim.build = {
+    finalPackage = mkOption {
       type = package;
-      default = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
-      description = ''
-        The neovim package to use for the wrapper. This
-        corresponds to the package that will be wrapped
-        with your plugins and settings.
-
-        ::: {.warning}
-        You will need to use an unwrapped package for this
-        option to work as intended. Using an already wrapped
-        package here may yield undesirable results.
-        :::
-      '';
-    };
-
-    viAlias = mkOption {
-      type = bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = "Enable the `vi` alias for `nvim`";
-    };
-
-    vimAlias = mkOption {
-      type = bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = "Enable the `vim` alias for `nvim`";
-    };
-
-    startPlugins = pluginsOpt {
-      default = ["plenary-nvim"];
-      example = ''
-        [pkgs.vimPlugins.telescope-nvim]
-      '';
-
-      description = ''
-        List of plugins to load on startup. This is used
-        internally to add plugins to Neovim's runtime.
-
-        To add additional plugins to your configuration, consider
-        using the [{option}`vim.extraPlugins`](#opt-vim.extraPlugins)
-        option.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    optPlugins = pluginsOpt {
-      default = [];
-      example = ''
-        [pkgs.vimPlugins.vim-ghost]
-      '';
-      description = ''
-        List of plugins to optionally load on startup.
-
-        This option has the same type definition as {option}`vim.startPlugins`
-        and plugins in this list are appended to {option}`vim.startPlugins` by
-        the wrapper during the build process.
-
-        To avoid overriding packages and dependencies provided by startPlugins, you
-        are recommended to use this option or {option}`vim.extraPlugins` option.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    extraPlugins = mkOption {
-      type = attrsOf extraPluginType;
-      default = {};
-      description = ''
-        A list of plugins and their configurations that will be
-        set up after builtin plugins.
-
-        This option takes a special type that allows you to order
-        your custom plugins using nvf's modified DAG library.
-      '';
-
-      example = literalMD ''
-        ```nix
-        with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
-          aerial = {
-            package = aerial-nvim;
-            setup = "require('aerial').setup {}";
-          };
-
-          harpoon = {
-            package = harpoon;
-            setup = "require('harpoon').setup {}";
-            after = ["aerial"]; # place harpoon configuration after aerial
-          };
-        }
-        ```
-      '';
-    };
-
-    extraPackages = mkOption {
-      type = listOf package;
-      default = [];
-      example = ''[pkgs.fzf pkgs.ripgrep]'';
-      description = ''
-        List of additional packages to make available to the Neovim
-        wrapper.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    # this defaults to `true` in the wrapper
-    # and since we pass this value to the wrapper
-    # with an inherit, it should be `true` here as well
-    withRuby =
-      mkEnableOption ''
-        Ruby support in the Neovim wrapper.
-      ''
-      // {
-        default = true;
-      };
-
-    withNodeJs = mkEnableOption ''
-      NodeJs support in the Neovim wrapper
-    '';
-
-    luaPackages = mkOption {
-      type = listOf str;
-      default = [];
-      example = ''["magick" "serpent"]'';
-      description = "List of lua packages to install";
-    };
-
-    withPython3 = mkEnableOption ''
-      Python3 support in the Neovim wrapper
-    '';
-
-    python3Packages = mkOption {
-      type = listOf str;
-      default = [];
-      example = ''["pynvim"]'';
-      description = "List of python packages to install";
+      readOnly = true;
+      description = "final output package";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/environment/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/environment/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97788bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/environment/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) attrValues;
+
+  cfg = config.vim;
+in {
+  config = {
+    vim.startPlugins = map (x: x.package) (attrValues cfg.extraPlugins);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/environment/default.nix b/modules/wrapper/environment/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe9e1b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/environment/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./config.nix
+    ./options.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/environment/options.nix b/modules/wrapper/environment/options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a8d085f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/environment/options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalMD;
+  inherit (lib.types) package bool str listOf attrsOf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) pluginsOpt extraPluginType;
+in {
+  options.vim = {
+    package = mkOption {
+      type = package;
+      default = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
+      description = ''
+        The neovim package to use for the wrapper. This
+        corresponds to the package that will be wrapped
+        with your plugins and settings.
+
+        ::: {.warning}
+        You will need to use an unwrapped package for this
+        option to work as intended. Using an already wrapped
+        package here may yield undesirable results.
+        :::
+      '';
+    };
+
+    viAlias = mkOption {
+      type = bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "Enable the `vi` alias for `nvim`";
+    };
+
+    vimAlias = mkOption {
+      type = bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "Enable the `vim` alias for `nvim`";
+    };
+
+    startPlugins = pluginsOpt {
+      default = ["plenary-nvim"];
+      example = ''
+        [pkgs.vimPlugins.telescope-nvim]
+      '';
+
+      description = ''
+        List of plugins to load on startup. This is used
+        internally to add plugins to Neovim's runtime.
+
+        To add additional plugins to your configuration, consider
+        using the [{option}`vim.extraPlugins`](#opt-vim.extraPlugins)
+        option.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    optPlugins = pluginsOpt {
+      default = [];
+      example = ''
+        [pkgs.vimPlugins.vim-ghost]
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        List of plugins to optionally load on startup.
+
+        This option has the same type definition as {option}`vim.startPlugins`
+        and plugins in this list are appended to {option}`vim.startPlugins` by
+        the wrapper during the build process.
+
+        To avoid overriding packages and dependencies provided by startPlugins, you
+        are recommended to use this option or {option}`vim.extraPlugins` option.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extraPlugins = mkOption {
+      type = attrsOf extraPluginType;
+      default = {};
+      description = ''
+        A list of plugins and their configurations that will be
+        set up after builtin plugins.
+
+        This option takes a special type that allows you to order
+        your custom plugins using nvf's modified DAG library.
+      '';
+
+      example = literalMD ''
+        ```nix
+        with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
+          aerial = {
+            package = aerial-nvim;
+            setup = "require('aerial').setup {}";
+          };
+
+          harpoon = {
+            package = harpoon;
+            setup = "require('harpoon').setup {}";
+            after = ["aerial"]; # place harpoon configuration after aerial
+          };
+        }
+        ```
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extraPackages = mkOption {
+      type = listOf package;
+      default = [];
+      example = ''[pkgs.fzf pkgs.ripgrep]'';
+      description = ''
+        List of additional packages to make available to the Neovim
+        wrapper.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # this defaults to `true` in the wrapper
+    # and since we pass this value to the wrapper
+    # with an inherit, it should be `true` here as well
+    withRuby =
+      mkEnableOption ''
+        Ruby support in the Neovim wrapper.
+      ''
+      // {
+        default = true;
+      };
+
+    withNodeJs = mkEnableOption ''
+      NodeJs support in the Neovim wrapper
+    '';
+
+    luaPackages = mkOption {
+      type = listOf str;
+      default = [];
+      example = ''["magick" "serpent"]'';
+      description = "List of lua packages to install";
+    };
+
+    withPython3 = mkEnableOption ''
+      Python3 support in the Neovim wrapper
+    '';
+
+    python3Packages = mkOption {
+      type = listOf str;
+      default = [];
+      example = ''["pynvim"]'';
+      description = "List of python packages to install";
+    };
+  };
+}