diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index bd9a073f..49108b4c 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   require 'plugins.autopairs',
   require 'plugins.gitsigns',
   require 'plugins.indent-blankline',
+  require 'plugins.alpha',
+  require 'plugins.autotag',
+  require 'plugins.colorizer',
 
   -- NOTE: Plugins can also be configured to run Lua code when they are loaded.
   --
diff --git a/lazy-lock.json b/lazy-lock.json
index 44fdbe60..2882fe82 100644
--- a/lazy-lock.json
+++ b/lazy-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "LuaSnip": { "branch": "master", "commit": "458560534a73f7f8d7a11a146c801db00b081df0" },
+  "alpha-nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "a35468cd72645dbd52c0624ceead5f301c566dff" },
   "blink.cmp": { "branch": "main", "commit": "9bcb14b43852a6f2bfd5ac9ef29cb5cf09b1b39b" },
   "conform.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "8132ec733eed3bf415b97b76797ca41b59f51d7d" },
   "fidget.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "d9ba6b7bfe29b3119a610892af67602641da778e" },
@@ -15,8 +16,10 @@
   "neo-tree.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "f481de16a0eb59c985abac8985e3f2e2f75b4875" },
   "nui.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "de740991c12411b663994b2860f1a4fd0937c130" },
   "nvim-autopairs": { "branch": "master", "commit": "2647cce4cb64fb35c212146663384e05ae126bdf" },
+  "nvim-colorizer.lua": { "branch": "master", "commit": "a065833f35a3a7cc3ef137ac88b5381da2ba302e" },
   "nvim-lspconfig": { "branch": "master", "commit": "6bba673aa8993eceec233be17b42ddfb9540794b" },
   "nvim-treesitter": { "branch": "master", "commit": "42fc28ba918343ebfd5565147a42a26580579482" },
+  "nvim-ts-autotag": { "branch": "main", "commit": "a1d526af391f6aebb25a8795cbc05351ed3620b5" },
   "nvim-web-devicons": { "branch": "master", "commit": "19d6211c78169e78bab372b585b6fb17ad974e82" },
   "plenary.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "857c5ac632080dba10aae49dba902ce3abf91b35" },
   "telescope-fzf-native.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "1f08ed60cafc8f6168b72b80be2b2ea149813e55" },
diff --git a/lua/plugins/alpha.lua b/lua/plugins/alpha.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e510a981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/alpha.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+return {
+  'goolord/alpha-nvim',
+  dependencies = {
+    'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons',
+  },
+
+  config = function()
+    local alpha = require 'alpha'
+    local dashboard = require 'alpha.themes.startify'
+
+    dashboard.section.header.val = {
+      [[                                                    ]],
+      [[ ███╗   ██╗███████╗ ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗ ]],
+      [[ ████╗  ██║██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║ ]],
+      [[ ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗  ██║   ██║██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║ ]],
+      [[ ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝  ██║   ██║╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ ]],
+      [[ ██║ ╚████║███████╗╚██████╔╝ ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║ ]],
+      [[ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝ ]],
+      [[                                                    ]],
+    }
+
+    alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)
+  end,
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/autotag.lua b/lua/plugins/autotag.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..649f8a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/autotag.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+return {
+  -- autoclose tags
+  'windwp/nvim-ts-autotag',
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/colorizer.lua b/lua/plugins/colorizer.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e779c47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/colorizer.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+return {
+  -- high-performance color highlighter
+  'norcalli/nvim-colorizer.lua',
+  config = function()
+    require('colorizer').setup()
+  end,
+}