diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
index e654f595..7523aa22 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
   - `mini.align`
   - `mini.animate`
   - `mini.base16`
+  - `mini.basics`
 
 [kaktu5](https://github.com/kaktu5):
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 862e7550..2c580ea0 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1000,6 +1000,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "plugin-mini-basics": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1730194519,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R8POaMcgb6SBOxIpanZsswieywapnU7zDNjQMRTkR8U=",
+        "owner": "echasnovski",
+        "repo": "mini.basics",
+        "rev": "67c10b3436d5d3b892715137f4773e71c6753b13",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "echasnovski",
+        "repo": "mini.basics",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "plugin-minimap-vim": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -2200,6 +2216,7 @@
         "plugin-mini-align": "plugin-mini-align",
         "plugin-mini-animate": "plugin-mini-animate",
         "plugin-mini-base16": "plugin-mini-base16",
+        "plugin-mini-basics": "plugin-mini-basics",
         "plugin-minimap-vim": "plugin-minimap-vim",
         "plugin-modes-nvim": "plugin-modes-nvim",
         "plugin-neo-tree-nvim": "plugin-neo-tree-nvim",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b5b9629e..c14323b2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -765,5 +765,10 @@
       url = "github:echasnovski/mini.base16";
       flake = false;
     };
+
+    plugin-mini-basics = {
+      url = "github:echasnovski/mini.basics";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/basics/basics.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/basics.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2a4ff30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/basics.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption mkOption;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkPluginSetupOption;
+in {
+  options.vim.mini.basics = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "mini.basics";
+    setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "mini.basics" {};
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/basics/config.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9893ef42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
+
+  cfg = config.vim.mini.basics;
+in {
+  vim = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    startPlugins = ["mini-basics"];
+
+    pluginRC.mini-basics = entryAnywhere ''
+      require("mini.basics").setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/basics/default.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15bf750b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/basics/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./basics.nix
+    ./config.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/default.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/default.nix
index ecf80efd..8ec59e16 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/mini/default.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/default.nix
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     ./align
     ./animate
     # ./base16 # NOTE: configured in theme/
+    ./basics
   ];
 }