diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index ecc02f27..2cb7d6d2 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -812,6 +812,38 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "plugin-lz-n": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1727574854,
+        "narHash": "sha256-qDWNleR2NHFkiEKE/+LNVOBRwEeskMC4dWTl5BTyZuE=",
+        "owner": "nvim-neorocks",
+        "repo": "lz.n",
+        "rev": "470173e3cbef763c6d1b918f3f129b67db75e1f8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nvim-neorocks",
+        "repo": "lz.n",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "plugin-lzn-auto-require": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1724239920,
+        "narHash": "sha256-wNtja4vbfzgVwVh8fw6cfTHxcxPOqr6z4nl5Fjj2d0I=",
+        "owner": "horriblename",
+        "repo": "lzn-auto-require",
+        "rev": "c74fa9be2203438aab7fd132310abdb181426c66",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "horriblename",
+        "repo": "lzn-auto-require",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "plugin-mind-nvim": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -1842,6 +1874,8 @@
         "plugin-lspkind": "plugin-lspkind",
         "plugin-lspsaga": "plugin-lspsaga",
         "plugin-lualine": "plugin-lualine",
+        "plugin-lz-n": "plugin-lz-n",
+        "plugin-lzn-auto-require": "plugin-lzn-auto-require",
         "plugin-mind-nvim": "plugin-mind-nvim",
         "plugin-minimap-vim": "plugin-minimap-vim",
         "plugin-modes-nvim": "plugin-modes-nvim",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 987e3e59..86310ae5 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@
     };
 
     ## Plugins
+    # Lazy loading
+    plugin-lz-n = {
+      url = "github:nvim-neorocks/lz.n";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+
+    plugin-lzn-auto-require = {
+      url = "github:horriblename/lzn-auto-require";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+
     # LSP plugins
     plugin-nvim-lspconfig = {
       url = "github:neovim/nvim-lspconfig";
diff --git a/lib/binds.nix b/lib/binds.nix
index 8c9e9a62..ca187f2f 100644
--- a/lib/binds.nix
+++ b/lib/binds.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@
       mkLuaBinding binding.value action binding.description;
 
     pushDownDefault = attr: mapAttrs (_: mkDefault) attr;
+
+    mkLznBinding = mode: key: action: desc: {
+      inherit mode desc key action;
+    };
+
+    mkSetLznBinding = binding: action: {
+      inherit action;
+      key = binding.value;
+      desc = binding.description;
+    };
+
+    mkSetLuaLznBinding = binding: action: {
+      inherit action;
+      key = binding.value;
+      lua = true;
+      desc = binding.description;
+    };
   };
 in
   binds
diff --git a/lib/types/plugins.nix b/lib/types/plugins.nix
index 7d24163e..7e4c202b 100644
--- a/lib/types/plugins.nix
+++ b/lib/types/plugins.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) attrNames mapAttrs' filterAttrs nameValuePair;
   inherit (lib.strings) hasPrefix removePrefix;
-  inherit (lib.types) submodule either package enum str lines attrsOf anything listOf nullOr;
+  inherit (lib.types) submodule either package enum str lines attrsOf anything listOf nullOr oneOf bool int;
 
   # Get the names of all flake inputs that start with the given prefix.
   fromInputs = {
@@ -53,6 +53,190 @@
   };
 
   borderPresets = ["none" "single" "double" "rounded" "solid" "shadow"];
+  luaInline = lib.mkOptionType {
+    name = "luaInline";
+    check = x: lib.nvim.lua.isLuaInline x;
+  };
+
+  lznKeysSpec = submodule {
+    options = {
+      desc = mkOption {
+        description = "Description of the key map";
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      noremap = mkOption {
+        description = "TBD";
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+
+      expr = mkOption {
+        description = "TBD";
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+
+      nowait = mkOption {
+        description = "TBD";
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+
+      ft = mkOption {
+        description = "TBD";
+        type = nullOr (listOf str);
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      key = mkOption {
+        type = str;
+        description = "Key to bind to";
+      };
+
+      action = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Action to trigger.";
+      };
+
+      lua = mkOption {
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "If true the action is treated as a lua function instead of a vim command.";
+      };
+
+      mode = mkOption {
+        description = "Modes to bind in";
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = ["n" "x" "s" "o"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  lznPluginTableType = attrsOf lznPluginType;
+  lznPluginType = submodule {
+    options = {
+      ## Should probably infer from the actual plugin somehow
+      ## In general this is the name passed to packadd, so the dir name of the plugin
+      # name = mkOption {
+      #   type=  str;
+      # }
+
+      # Non-lz.n options
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = pluginType;
+        description = "Plugin package";
+      };
+
+      setupModule = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua module to run setup function on.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      setupOpts = mkOption {
+        type = submodule {freeformType = attrsOf anything;};
+        description = "Options to pass to the setup function";
+        default = {};
+      };
+
+      # lz.n options
+
+      enabled = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr (either bool str);
+        description = "When false, or if the lua function returns false, this plugin will not be included in the spec";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      beforeAll = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run before any plugins are loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      before = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run before plugin is loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      after = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run after plugin is loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      event = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on event";
+        default = null;
+        type = let
+          event = submodule {
+            options = {
+              event = mkOption {
+                type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+                description = "Exact event name";
+                example = "BufEnter";
+              };
+              pattern = mkOption {
+                type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+                description = "Event pattern";
+                example = "BufEnter *.lua";
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        in
+          nullOr (oneOf [str (listOf str) event]);
+      };
+
+      cmd = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on command";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+      };
+
+      ft = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on filetype";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+      };
+
+      keys = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on key mapping";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (oneOf [str (listOf lznKeysSpec) (listOf str)]);
+        example = ''
+          keys = [
+            {lhs = "<leader>s"; rhs = ":NvimTreeToggle<cr>"; desc = "Toggle NvimTree"}
+          ]
+        '';
+      };
+
+      colorscheme = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on colorscheme.";
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      priority = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr int;
+        description = "Only useful for stat plugins (not lazy-loaded) to force loading certain plugins first.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      load = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          Lua code to override the `vim.g.lz_n.load()` function for a single plugin.
+
+          This will be wrapped in a function
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
 in {
   inherit extraPluginType fromInputs pluginType;
 
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index 6a950802..6306da9a 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@
 
   # built (or "normalized") plugins that are modified
   builtStartPlugins = buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.startPlugins;
-  builtOptPlugins = map (package: {
-    plugin = package;
-    optional = true;
-  }) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
+  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
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 1204e43f..784c413e 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
       "build"
       "rc"
       "warnings"
+      "lazy"
     ];
 
     # Extra modules, such as deprecation warnings
diff --git a/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix b/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
index b97b1e45..a2f98113 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   pkgs,
   ...
 }: let
+  inherit (builtins) filter;
   inherit (lib.strings) optionalString;
-  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkMerge;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.binds) mkBinding;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.binds) mkLznBinding;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
   inherit (lib.nvim.binds) pushDownDefault;
 
   cfg = config.vim.filetree.nvimTree;
@@ -16,19 +16,28 @@
   inherit (self.options.vim.filetree.nvimTree) mappings;
 in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    vim.startPlugins = ["nvim-tree-lua"];
-
-    vim.maps.normal = mkMerge [
-      (mkBinding cfg.mappings.toggle ":NvimTreeToggle<cr>" mappings.toggle.description)
-      (mkBinding cfg.mappings.refresh ":NvimTreeRefresh<cr>" mappings.refresh.description)
-      (mkBinding cfg.mappings.findFile ":NvimTreeFindFile<cr>" mappings.findFile.description)
-      (mkBinding cfg.mappings.focus ":NvimTreeFocus<cr>" mappings.focus.description)
-    ];
-
     vim.binds.whichKey.register = pushDownDefault {
       "<leader>t" = "+NvimTree";
     };
 
+    vim.lazy = {
+      plugins = [
+        {
+          package = "nvim-tree-lua";
+          setupModule = "nvim-tree";
+          inherit (cfg) setupOpts;
+          cmd = ["NvimTreeClipboard" "NvimTreeClose" "NvimTreeCollapse" "NvimTreeCollapseKeepBuffers" "NvimTreeFindFile" "NvimTreeFindFileToggle" "NvimTreeFocus" "NvimTreeHiTest" "NvimTreeOpen" "NvimTreeRefresh" "NvimTreeResize" "NvimTreeToggle"];
+
+          keys = filter ({key, ...}: key != null) [
+            (mkLznBinding ["n"] cfg.mappings.toggle ":NvimTreeToggle<cr>" mappings.toggle.description)
+            (mkLznBinding ["n"] cfg.mappings.refresh ":NvimTreeRefresh<cr>" mappings.refresh.description)
+            (mkLznBinding ["n"] cfg.mappings.findFile ":NvimTreeFindFile<cr>" mappings.findFile.description)
+            (mkLznBinding ["n"] cfg.mappings.focus ":NvimTreeFocus<cr>" mappings.focus.description)
+          ];
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+
     vim.pluginRC.nvimtreelua = entryAnywhere ''
       ${
         optionalString cfg.setupOpts.disable_netrw ''
@@ -38,10 +47,9 @@ in {
         ''
       }
 
-      require'nvim-tree'.setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
-
       ${
         optionalString cfg.openOnSetup ''
+          require('lz.n').trigger_load("nvim-tree-lua")
           -- autostart behaviour
           -- Open on startup has been deprecated
           -- see https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/wiki/Open-At-Startup
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39650837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (builtins) toJSON typeOf head length tryEval;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList;
+  inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
+  inherit (lib.strings) optionalString;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryBefore;
+  cfg = config.vim.lazy;
+
+  toLuzLznKeySpec = {
+    desc,
+    noremap,
+    expr,
+    nowait,
+    ft,
+    key,
+    action,
+    lua,
+    mode,
+  }: {
+    "@1" = key;
+    "@2" =
+      if lua
+      then mkLuaInline action
+      else action;
+    inherit desc noremap expr nowait ft mode;
+  };
+
+  toLuaLznSpec = spec: let
+    name =
+      if typeOf spec.package == "string"
+      then spec.package
+      else if (spec.package ? pname && (tryEval spec.package.pname).success)
+      then spec.package.pname
+      else spec.package.name;
+  in
+    (removeAttrs spec ["package" "setupModule" "setupOpts" "keys"])
+    // {
+      "@1" = name;
+      before =
+        if spec.before != null
+        then
+          mkLuaInline ''
+            function()
+              ${spec.before}
+            end
+          ''
+        else null;
+
+      after =
+        if spec.setupModule == null && spec.after == null
+        then null
+        else
+          mkLuaInline ''
+            function()
+              ${
+              optionalString (spec.setupModule != null)
+              "require(${toJSON spec.setupModule}).setup(${toLuaObject spec.setupOpts})"
+            }
+              ${optionalString (spec.after != null) spec.after}
+            end
+          '';
+
+      keys =
+        if typeOf spec.keys == "list" && length spec.keys > 0 && typeOf (head spec.keys) == "set"
+        then map toLuzLznKeySpec spec.keys
+        else spec.keys;
+    };
+  lznSpecs = map toLuaLznSpec cfg.plugins;
+in {
+  config.vim = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    startPlugins = ["lz-n" "lzn-auto-require"];
+
+    optPlugins = map (plugin: plugin.package) cfg.plugins;
+
+    luaConfigRC.lzn-load = entryBefore ["pluginConfigs"] ''
+      require('lz.n').load(${toLuaObject lznSpecs})
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/lazy/default.nix b/modules/wrapper/lazy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa401272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/lazy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+_: {
+  imports = [
+    ./lazy.nix
+    ./config.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/lazy/lazy.nix b/modules/wrapper/lazy/lazy.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..667b8a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wrapper/lazy/lazy.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) enum listOf submodule nullOr str bool int attrsOf anything either oneOf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) pluginType;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.config) mkBool;
+
+  lznKeysSpec = submodule {
+    options = {
+      key = mkOption {
+        type = str;
+        description = "Key to bind to";
+      };
+
+      action = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Action to trigger.";
+      };
+      lua = mkBool false ''
+        If true, `action` is considered to be lua code.
+        Thus, it will not be wrapped in `""`.
+      '';
+
+      desc = mkOption {
+        description = "Description of the key map";
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      ft = mkOption {
+        description = "TBD";
+        type = nullOr (listOf str);
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      mode = mkOption {
+        description = "Modes to bind in";
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = ["n" "x" "s" "o"];
+      };
+
+      noremap = mkBool true "Whether to use the 'noremap' variant of the command, ignoring any custom mappings on the defined action. It is highly advised to keep this on, which is the default.";
+      expr = mkBool false "Means that the action is actually an expression. Equivalent to adding <expr> to a map.";
+      nowait = mkBool false "Whether to wait for extra input on ambiguous mappings. Equivalent to adding <nowait> to a map.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  lznPluginType = submodule {
+    options = {
+      ## Should probably infer from the actual plugin somehow
+      ## In general this is the name passed to packadd, so the dir name of the plugin
+      # name = mkOption {
+      #   type=  str;
+      # }
+
+      # Non-lz.n options
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = pluginType;
+        description = "Plugin package";
+      };
+
+      setupModule = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua module to run setup function on.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      setupOpts = mkOption {
+        type = submodule {freeformType = attrsOf anything;};
+        description = "Options to pass to the setup function";
+        default = {};
+      };
+
+      # lz.n options
+
+      enabled = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr (either bool str);
+        description = "When false, or if the lua function returns false, this plugin will not be included in the spec";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      beforeAll = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run before any plugins are loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      before = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run before plugin is loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      after = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = "Lua code to run after plugin is loaded. This will be wrapped in a function.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      event = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on event";
+        default = null;
+        type = let
+          event = submodule {
+            options = {
+              event = mkOption {
+                type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+                description = "Exact event name";
+                example = "BufEnter";
+              };
+              pattern = mkOption {
+                type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+                description = "Event pattern";
+                example = "BufEnter *.lua";
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        in
+          nullOr (oneOf [str (listOf str) event]);
+      };
+
+      cmd = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on command";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+      };
+
+      ft = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on filetype";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+      };
+
+      keys = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on key mapping";
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr (oneOf [str (listOf lznKeysSpec) (listOf str)]);
+        example = ''
+          keys = [
+            {
+              mode = "n";
+              key = "<leader>s";
+              action = ":DapStepOver<cr>";
+              desc = "DAP Step Over";
+            }
+            {
+              mode = ["n", "x"];
+              key = "<leader>dc";
+              action = "function() require('dap').continue() end";
+              lua = true;
+              desc = "DAP Continue";
+            }
+          ]
+        '';
+      };
+
+      colorscheme = mkOption {
+        description = "Lazy-load on colorscheme.";
+        type = nullOr (either str (listOf str));
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      priority = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr int;
+        description = "Only useful for stat plugins (not lazy-loaded) to force loading certain plugins first.";
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      load = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          Lua code to override the `vim.g.lz_n.load()` function for a single plugin.
+
+          This will be wrapped in a function
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+in {
+  options.vim.lazy = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "plugin lazy-loading" // {default = true;};
+    loader = mkOption {
+      description = "Lazy loader to use";
+      type = enum ["lz.n"];
+      default = "lz.n";
+    };
+
+    plugins = mkOption {
+      default = [];
+      type = listOf lznPluginType;
+      description = "list of plugins to lazy load";
+      example = ''
+        [
+          {
+            package = "toggleterm-nvim";
+            after = lib.generators.mkLuaInline "function() require('toggleterm').setup{} end";
+            cmd = ["ToggleTerm"];
+          }
+        ]
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
index 6c1936e4..9f667aeb 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }: let
   inherit (builtins) map mapAttrs filter removeAttrs attrNames;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList filterAttrs attrsToList;
-  inherit (lib.strings) concatLines concatMapStringsSep;
+  inherit (lib.strings) concatLines concatMapStringsSep optionalString;
   inherit (lib.trivial) showWarnings;
   inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAfter mkLuarcSection resolveDag entryAnywhere;
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ in {
         pluginConfigs = entryAfter ["optionsScript"] pluginConfigs;
         extraPluginConfigs = entryAfter ["pluginConfigs"] extraPluginConfigs;
         mappings = entryAfter ["extraPluginConfigs"] keymaps;
+        # FIXME: put this somewhere less stupid
+        footer = entryAfter ["mappings"] (optionalString config.vim.lazy.enable "require('lzn-auto-require.loader').register_loader()");
       };
 
       builtLuaConfigRC = let