diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 830b2c936..e7957bf78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ rever/
 xonsh/webconfig/elm-stuff/
 xonsh/webconfig/js/app.js
 
-# venv (e.g, autovox)
-venv/
-.venv/
-
 # VS Code
 .vscode/
 
diff --git a/docs/api/index.rst b/docs/api/index.rst
index 509af85f8..97ab5ea0b 100644
--- a/docs/api/index.rst
+++ b/docs/api/index.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ For those of you who want the gritty details.
     dumb_shell
     wizard
     xonfig
+    xontribs_meta
     codecache
     contexts
 
@@ -84,6 +85,5 @@ For those of you who want the gritty details.
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
-
     mplhooks
     vox
diff --git a/docs/api/xontribs_meta.rst b/docs/api/xontribs_meta.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e6ba9172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/api/xontribs_meta.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.. _xonsh_xontribs_meta:
+
+***********************************************
+Xontribs (``xonsh.xontribs_meta``)
+***********************************************
+
+.. automodule:: xonsh.xontribs_meta
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :private-members:
+
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bbe622432..3fdc02b2a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ os.environ["XONSH_DEBUG"] = "1"
 
 from xonsh import __version__ as XONSH_VERSION
 from xonsh.environ import DEFAULT_VARS, Env
-from xonsh.xontribs import xontrib_metadata
+from xonsh.xontribs_meta import get_xontribs
 from xonsh import main
 from xonsh.commands_cache import CommandsCache
 
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ def make_envvars():
 
 
 def make_xontribs():
-    md = xontrib_metadata()
-    names = sorted(d["name"] for d in md["xontribs"] if "name" in d)
+    xons = get_xontribs()
+    names = sorted(xons)
     s = ".. list-table::\n" "    :header-rows: 0\n\n"
     table = []
     ncol = 5
@@ -344,33 +344,29 @@ def make_xontribs():
         "-------\n\n"
     )
     for name in names:
-        for d in md["xontribs"]:
-            if d.get("name", None) == name:
-                break
+        d = xons[name]
         title = name
         under = "." * len(title)
-        desc = d.get("description", "")
+        desc = d.description
         if not isinstance(desc, str):
             desc = "".join(desc)
-        pkgname = d.get("package", None)
-        if pkgname is None:
+        if d.package is None:
             pkg = "unknown"
             inst = ""
             usage = ""
         else:
-            pd = md["packages"].get(pkgname, {})
-            pkg = pkgname
-            if "url" in pd:
-                pkg = "`{0} website <{1}>`_".format(pkg, pd["url"])
-            if "license" in pd:
-                pkg = pkg + ", " + pd["license"]
+            pkg = d.package.name
+            if d.package.url:
+                pkg = "`{0} website <{1}>`_".format(pkg, d.package.url)
+            if d.package.license:
+                pkg = pkg + ", " + d.package.license
             inst = ""
-            installd = pd.get("install", {})
-            if pkgname == "xonsh":
+            installd = d.package.install
+            if d.package.name == "xonsh":
                 inst = "This xontrib is preinstalled with xonsh.\n\n"
             elif len(installd) > 0:
                 inst = "**Installation:**\n\n" ".. code-block:: xonsh\n\n"
-                for k, v in sorted(pd.get("install", {}).items()):
+                for k, v in sorted(installd.items()):
                     cmd = "\n    ".join(v.split("\n"))
                     inst += ("    # install with {k}\n" "    {cmd}").format(
                         k=k, cmd=cmd
@@ -387,7 +383,7 @@ def make_xontribs():
             low=name.lower(),
             title=title,
             under=under,
-            url=d.get("url", "unknown"),
+            url=d.url or "unknown",
             desc=desc,
             pkg=pkg,
             inst=inst,
diff --git a/docs/tutorial_xontrib.rst b/docs/tutorial_xontrib.rst
index ce6e3396e..26621767a 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial_xontrib.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial_xontrib.rst
@@ -176,46 +176,39 @@ Of course, you're under no obligation to register your xontrib.  Users will
 still be able to load your xontrib, as long as they have it installed.
 
 To register a xontrib, add an entry to
-`the xontribs.json file <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/blob/master/xonsh/xontribs.json>`_
+`the xontribs_meta.py file <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/blob/master/xonsh/xontribs_meta.py>`_
 in the main xonsh repository.  A pull request is probably best, but if you
 are having trouble figuring it out please contact one of the xonsh devs
 with the relevant information.
-This is a JSON file with two top-level keys: ``"xontribs"`` and ``"packages"``.
+This is Python file holds classes and functions to register new Xontrib.
 
-The ``"xontribs"`` key is a list of dictionaries that describes the xontrib
-module itself.  Such entries have the following structure:
+The ``xontribs_meta.define_xontribs`` function returns a dictionary of all Xontribs.
+A sample ``Xontrib`` definition looks like this,
 
-.. code-block:: json
+.. code-block:: python
 
-    {"xontribs": [
-     {"name": "xontrib-name",
-      "package": "package-name",
-      "url": "http://example.com/api/xontrib",
-      "description": ["Textual description as string or list or strings ",
-                      "enabling long content to be split over many lines."]
-      }
-     ]
+    {
+        "awesome": Xontrib(
+            url="http://example.com/api/xontrib",
+            description="Description and short intro for your xontrib."
+            "It can span multi-lines. "
+            "Feel free to use a triple quotes if you want to have line-endings.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-awesome",
+                license="BSD",
+                install={
+                    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-awesome",
+                    "conda": "conda install xontrib-awesome",
+                },
+                url="https://example.com/",
+            ),
+        )
     }
 
-The ``"packages"`` key, on the other hand, is a dict mapping package names
-(associated with the xontrib entries) to metadata about the package. Package
-entries have the following structure:
+.. note::  Note that you can have as many entries in the ``"install"`` dict as you
+    want. Also, the keys are arbitrary labels, so feel free to pick whatever
+    you want.
 
-.. code-block:: json
-
-    {"packages": {
-      "package-name": {
-       "license": "WTFPL v1.1",
-       "url": "http://example",
-       "install": {
-        "conda": "conda install package-name",
-        "pip": "xpip install package-name"}
-       }
-     }
-    }
-
-Note that you can have as many entries in the ``"install"`` dict as you
-want. Also, the keys are arbitrary labels, so feel free to pick whatever
-you want.
+.. seealso:: Checkout the API docs of the :doc:`api/xontribs_meta`
 
 Go forth!
diff --git a/news/use-py-for-xontribs-definition.rst b/news/use-py-for-xontribs-definition.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..253e2e90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/use-py-for-xontribs-definition.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Use ``xontribs_meta.py`` instead of ``xontribs.json``
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/run-tests.xsh b/run-tests.xsh
index d2251d2c2..3d3e0b9aa 100755
--- a/run-tests.xsh
+++ b/run-tests.xsh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env xonsh
 import argparse
+import subprocess
 from typing import List
 
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ $XONSH_DEBUG = 1
 $RAISE_SUBPROC_ERROR = True
 
 
-def _replace_args(args:List[str], num:int) -> List[str]:
+def _replace_args(args: List[str], num: int) -> List[str]:
     return [
          (arg % num) if "%d" in arg else arg
          for arg in args
@@ -72,4 +73,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     qa_parser.set_defaults(func=qa)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    args.func(args)
+    try:
+        args.func(args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
+        parser.exit(1, f"Failed with {ex}")
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cc7678797..cea99446f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ exclude =
     feedstock,
     rever,
     .venv*/,
-    # remove later
-    pygments_cache.py
+    .local.out*/
 # lint nits that are acceptable in Xonsh project:
 ignore =
     D100, # Missing docstring in public module
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ ignore =
     D411, # Missing blank line before section
     D407, # Missing dashed underline after section
     E122,
-    # E203 whitespace before ':'
-    E203,
+    E203, # whitespace before ':'
     E402,
     W503, # line break before binary operators is a good thing
     E731, # accept lambda assigned to a variable
diff --git a/tests/test_xontribs.py b/tests/test_xontribs.py
index 727127c13..78f470b14 100644
--- a/tests/test_xontribs.py
+++ b/tests/test_xontribs.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 """xontrib tests, such as they are"""
 import sys
 import pytest
-from xonsh.xontribs import xontrib_metadata, xontrib_context, xontribs_load, xontribs_loaded
-
-
-def test_load_xontrib_metadata():
-    # Simply tests that the xontribs JSON files isn't malformed.
-    xontrib_metadata()
+from xonsh.xontribs import xontrib_context, xontribs_load, xontribs_loaded
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -78,6 +73,7 @@ hello = 'world'
     ctx = xontrib_context("script")
     assert ctx == {"hello": "world"}
 
+
 def test_xontrib_load(tmpmod):
     """
     Test that .xsh xontribs are loadable
@@ -90,7 +86,8 @@ hello = 'world'
         )
 
     xontribs_load(["script"])
-    assert 'script' in xontribs_loaded()
+    assert "script" in xontribs_loaded()
+
 
 def test_xontrib_load_dashed(tmpmod):
     """
@@ -104,5 +101,4 @@ hello = 'world'
         )
 
     xontribs_load(["scri-pt"])
-    assert 'scri-pt' in xontribs_loaded()
-
+    assert "scri-pt" in xontribs_loaded()
diff --git a/xonsh/__init__.py b/xonsh/__init__.py
index e22964159..45afb8d83 100644
--- a/xonsh/__init__.py
+++ b/xonsh/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ else:
     try:
         from xonsh import __amalgam__
 
+        xontribs_meta = __amalgam__
+        _sys.modules["xonsh.xontribs_meta"] = __amalgam__
         contexts = __amalgam__
         _sys.modules["xonsh.contexts"] = __amalgam__
         lazyasd = __amalgam__
diff --git a/xonsh/completers/xompletions.py b/xonsh/completers/xompletions.py
index 5932a0811..320ab040d 100644
--- a/xonsh/completers/xompletions.py
+++ b/xonsh/completers/xompletions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Provides completions for xonsh internal utilities"""
 
 import xonsh.xontribs as xx
+import xonsh.xontribs_meta as xmt
 import xonsh.tools as xt
 from xonsh.xonfig import XONFIG_MAIN_ACTIONS
 
@@ -21,10 +22,9 @@ def complete_xonfig(prefix, line, start, end, ctx):
 
 
 def _list_installed_xontribs():
-    meta = xx.xontrib_metadata()
+    meta = xmt.get_xontribs()
     installed = []
-    for md in meta["xontribs"]:
-        name = md["name"]
+    for name in meta:
         spec = xx.find_xontrib(name)
         if spec is not None:
             installed.append(spec.name.rsplit(".")[-1])
diff --git a/xonsh/webconfig/elm-compile.xsh b/xonsh/webconfig/elm-compile.xsh
index 644631f25..1ba30fa6f 100755
--- a/xonsh/webconfig/elm-compile.xsh
+++ b/xonsh/webconfig/elm-compile.xsh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from xonsh.color_tools import rgb_to_ints
 from xonsh.pygments_cache import get_all_styles
 from xonsh.pyghooks import XonshStyle, xonsh_style_proxy, XonshHtmlFormatter, Token, XonshLexer
 from xonsh.prompt.base import PromptFormatter
-from xonsh.xontribs import xontrib_metadata
+from xonsh.xontribs_meta import get_xontribs, Xontrib
 
 
 $RAISE_SUBPROC_ERROR = True
@@ -199,17 +199,23 @@ type alias XontribData =
 xontribs : List XontribData
 xontribs ="""
 
+
+def get_xontrib_item(xontrib_name: str, xontrib: Xontrib):
+    item = 'name = "' + xontrib_name + '", '
+    item += 'url = "' + xontrib.url + '", '
+    item += 'license = "' + (xontrib.package.license if xontrib.package else "") + '", '
+    d = rst_to_html("".join(xontrib.description)).replace("\n", "\\n")
+    item += 'description = "' + escape(d) + '"'
+    return item
+
+
 def render_xontribs(lines):
     print_color("Rendering {GREEN}xontribs{RESET}")
     lines.append(xontrib_header)
-    md = xontrib_metadata()
-    packages = md["packages"]
-    for i, xontrib in enumerate(md["xontribs"]):
-        item = 'name = "' + xontrib["name"] + '", '
-        item += 'url = "' + xontrib["url"] + '", '
-        item += 'license = "' + packages.get(xontrib["package"], {}).get("license", "") + '", '
-        d = rst_to_html("".join(xontrib["description"])).replace("\n", "\\n")
-        item += 'description = "' + escape(d) + '"'
+    md = get_xontribs()
+    for i, xontrib_name in enumerate(md):
+        xontrib = md[xontrib_name]
+        item = get_xontrib_item(xontrib_name, xontrib)
         pre = "    [ " if i == 0 else "    , "
         lines.append(pre + "{ " + item + " }")
     lines.append("    ]")
diff --git a/xonsh/xonfig.py b/xonsh/xonfig.py
index 931d5c47f..ef479e752 100644
--- a/xonsh/xonfig.py
+++ b/xonsh/xonfig.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ from xonsh.tools import (
     color_style,
 )
 from xonsh.foreign_shells import CANON_SHELL_NAMES
-from xonsh.xontribs import xontrib_metadata, find_xontrib, xontribs_loaded
+from xonsh.xontribs import find_xontrib, xontribs_loaded
+from xonsh.xontribs_meta import get_xontribs, Xontrib
 from xonsh.lazyasd import lazyobject
 
 HR = "'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'`-.,_,.-*'"
@@ -356,25 +357,23 @@ def _xontrib_path(visitor=None, node=None, val=None):
     return ("xontribs", len(visitor.state.get("xontribs", ())))
 
 
-def make_xontrib(xontrib, package):
+def make_xontrib(name: str, xontrib: Xontrib):
     """Makes a message and StoreNonEmpty node for a xontrib."""
-    name = xontrib.get("name", "<unknown-xontrib-name>")
+    name = name or "<unknown-xontrib-name>"
     msg = "\n{BOLD_CYAN}" + name + "{RESET}\n"
-    if "url" in xontrib:
-        msg += "{RED}url:{RESET} " + xontrib["url"] + "\n"
-    if "package" in xontrib:
-        msg += "{RED}package:{RESET} " + xontrib["package"] + "\n"
-    if "url" in package:
-        if "url" in xontrib and package["url"] != xontrib["url"]:
-            msg += "{RED}package-url:{RESET} " + package["url"] + "\n"
-    if "license" in package:
-        msg += "{RED}license:{RESET} " + package["license"] + "\n"
+    if xontrib.url:
+        msg += "{RED}url:{RESET} " + xontrib.url + "\n"
+    if xontrib.package:
+        pkg = xontrib.package
+        msg += "{RED}package:{RESET} " + pkg.name + "\n"
+        if pkg.url:
+            if xontrib.url and pkg.url != xontrib.url:
+                msg += "{RED}package-url:{RESET} " + pkg.url + "\n"
+        if pkg.license:
+            msg += "{RED}license:{RESET} " + pkg.license + "\n"
     msg += "{PURPLE}installed?{RESET} "
     msg += ("no" if find_xontrib(name) is None else "yes") + "\n"
-    desc = xontrib.get("description", "")
-    if not isinstance(desc, str):
-        desc = "".join(desc)
-    msg += _wrap_paragraphs(desc, width=69)
+    msg += _wrap_paragraphs(xontrib.description, width=69)
     if msg.endswith("\n"):
         msg = msg[:-1]
     mnode = wiz.Message(message=msg)
@@ -385,10 +384,7 @@ def make_xontrib(xontrib, package):
 
 def make_xontribs_wiz():
     """Makes a xontrib wizard."""
-    md = xontrib_metadata()
-    pkgs = [md["packages"].get(d.get("package", None), {}) for d in md["xontribs"]]
-    w = _make_flat_wiz(make_xontrib, md["xontribs"], pkgs)
-    return w
+    return _make_flat_wiz(make_xontrib, get_xontribs().items())
 
 
 def make_xonfig_wizard(default_file=None, confirm=False, no_wizard_file=None):
diff --git a/xonsh/xontribs.json b/xonsh/xontribs.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d7826107c..000000000
--- a/xonsh/xontribs.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,584 +0,0 @@
-{"xontribs": [
- {"name": "abbrevs",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": [
-    "Adds ``abbrevs`` dictionary to hold user-defined command abbreviations. ",
-    "The dictionary is searched as you type and the matching words are replaced ",
-    "at the command line by the corresponding dictionary contents once you hit ",
-    "'Space' or 'Return' key. For instance a frequently used command such as ",
-    "``git status`` can be abbreviated to ``gst`` as follows::\n\n",
-    "    $ xontrib load abbrevs\n",
-    "    $ abbrevs['gst'] = 'git status'\n",
-    "    $ gst # Once you hit <space> or <return>, 'gst' gets expanded to 'git status'.\n\n"]
- },
- {"name": "apt_tabcomplete",
-  "package": "xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
-  "url": "https://github.com/DangerOnTheRanger/xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
-  "description": ["Adds tabcomplete functionality to apt-get/apt-cache inside of xonsh."]
- },
- {"name": "argcomplete",
-  "package": "xontrib-argcomplete",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-argcomplete",
-  "description": ["Argcomplete support to tab completion of python and xonsh scripts in xonsh."]
- },
- {"name": "autojump",
-  "package": "xontrib-autojump",
-  "url": "https://github.com/sagartewari01/autojump-xonsh",
-  "description": ["autojump support for xonsh"]
- },
- {"name": "autovox",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Manages automatic activation of virtual environments."]
- },
- {"name": "autoxsh",
-  "package": "xonsh-autoxsh",
-  "url": "https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-autoxsh",
-  "description": ["Adds automatic execution of xonsh script files called ",
-                  "``.autoxsh`` when enterting a directory with ``cd`` function"]
- },
- {"name": "avox",
-  "package": "xontrib-avox",
-  "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-avox",
-  "description": ["Automatic (de)activation of virtual environments as you cd around"]
- },
- {"name": "back2dir",
-  "package": "xontrib-back2dir",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-back2dir",
-  "description": [
-    "Return to the most recently used directory when starting the xonsh shell. ",
-    "For example, if you were in the '/work' directory when you last exited xonsh, ",
-    "then your next xonsh session will start in the '/work' directory, instead of your home directory."]
- },
- {"name": "bashisms",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": [
-    "Enables additional Bash-like syntax while at the command prompt. For ",
-    "example, the ``!!`` syntax for running the previous command is now usable. ",
-    "Note that these features are implemented as precommand events and these ",
-    "additions do not affect the xonsh language when run as script. That said, ",
-    "you might find them useful if you have strong muscle memory.\n\n",
-    "**Warning:** This xontrib may modify user command line input to implement ",
-    "its behavior. To see the modifications as they are applied (in unified diff",
-    "format), please set ``$XONSH_DEBUG`` to ``2`` or higher.\n\n",
-    "The xontrib also adds commands: ``alias``, ``export``, ``unset``, ``set``, ``shopt``, ``complete``."]
- },
- {"name": "base16_shell",
-  "package": "xontrib-base16-shell",
-  "url": "https://github.com/ErickTucto/xontrib-base16-shell",
-  "description": ["Change base16 shell themes"]
- },
- {"name": "coreutils",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": [
-   "Additional core utilities that are implemented in xonsh. The current list ",
-   "includes:\n",
-   "\n",
-   "* cat\n",
-   "* echo\n",
-   "* pwd\n",
-   "* tee\n",
-   "* tty\n",
-   "* yes\n",
-   "\n",
-   "In many cases, these may have a lower performance overhead than the ",
-   "posix command line utility with the same name. This is because these ",
-   "tools avoid the need for a full subprocess call. Additionally, these ",
-   "tools are cross-platform."
-  ]
- },
- {
-  "name": "cmd_done",
-  "package": "xontrib-cmd-durations",
-  "url": "https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-cmd-durations",
-  "description": [
-   "send notification once long-running command is finished.",
-   " Adds `long_cmd_duration` field to $PROMPT_FIELDS.",
-   " Note: It needs `xdotool` installed to detect current window."
-  ]
- },
- {
-  "name": "direnv",
-  "package": "xonsh-direnv",
-  "url": "https://github.com/74th/xonsh-direnv",
-  "description": [
-   "Supports direnv."
-  ]
- },
- {
-  "name": "hist_navigator",
-  "package": "xontrib-hist-navigator",
-  "url": "https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-hist-navigator",
-  "description": [
-   "Move through directory history with nextd and prevd also with keybindings."
-  ]
- },
- {
-  "name": "distributed",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": [
-   "The distributed parallel computing library hooks for xonsh. ",
-   "Importantly this provides a substitute 'dworker' command which enables ",
-   "distributed workers to have access to xonsh builtins.\n\n",
-   "Furthermore, this xontrib adds a 'DSubmitter' context manager for ",
-   "executing a block remotely. Moreover, this also adds a convenience ",
-   "function 'dsubmit()' for creating DSubmitter and Executor instances ",
-   "at the same time. Thus users may submit distributed jobs with::\n\n",
-   "    with dsubmit('127.0.0.1:8786', rtn='x') as dsub:\n",
-   "        x = $(echo I am elsewhere)\n\n",
-   "    res = dsub.future.result()\n",
-   "    print(res)\n\n",
-   "This is useful for long running or non-blocking jobs."
-  ]
-  },
- {"name": "docker_tabcomplete",
-  "package": "xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
-  "url": "https://github.com/xsteadfastx/xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
-  "description": ["Adds tabcomplete functionality to docker inside of xonsh."]
- },
-  {"name": "free_cwd",
-    "package": "xonsh",
-    "url": "http://xon.sh",
-    "description": [
-      "Windows only xontrib, to release the lock on the current directory ",
-      "whenever the prompt is shown. Enabling this will allow the other ",
-      "programs or Windows Explorer to delete or rename the current or parent ",
-      "directories. Internally, it is accomplished by temporarily resetting ",
-      "CWD to the root drive folder while waiting at the prompt. This only ",
-      "works with the prompt_toolkit backend and can cause cause issues ",
-      "if any extensions are enabled that hook the prompt and relies on ",
-      "``os.getcwd()``"]
-  },
- {"name": "fzf-widgets",
-  "package": "xontrib-fzf-widgets",
-  "url": "https://github.com/laloch/xontrib-fzf-widgets",
-  "description": ["Adds some fzf widgets to your xonsh shell."]
- },
- {"name": "gitinfo",
-  "package": "xontrib-gitinfo",
-  "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-gitinfo",
-  "description": ["Displays git information on entering a repository folder. Uses ``onefetch`` if available."]
- },
- {"name": "histcpy",
-  "package": "xontrib-histcpy",
-  "url": "https://github.com/con-f-use/xontrib-histcpy",
-  "description": [
-    "Useful aliases and shortcuts for extracting links and text",
-    "from command output history and putting them into the",
-    " clipboard."]
-  },
- {"name": "jedi",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Use Jedi as xonsh's python completer."]
-  },
- {"name": "kitty",
-  "package": "xontrib-kitty",
-  "url": "https://github.com/scopatz/xontrib-kitty",
-  "description": ["Xonsh hooks for the Kitty terminal emulator."]
-  },
- {"name": "mpl",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Matplotlib hooks for xonsh, including the new 'mpl' alias ",
-                  "that displays the current figure on the screen."]
-  },
- {"name": "output_search",
-  "package": "xontrib-output-search",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-output-search",
-  "description": ["Get identifiers, names, paths, URLs and words from the previous command output ",
-                  "and use them for the next command."]
- },
- {"name": "onepath",
-  "package": "xontrib-onepath",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-onepath",
-  "description": ["When you click to a file or folder in graphical OS they will be opened in associated app.",
-                  "The xontrib-onepath brings the same logic for the xonsh shell. Type the filename or path",
-                  "without preceding command and an associated action will be executed. The actions are customizable."]
- },
- {"name": "pdb",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Simple built-in debugger. Runs pdb on reception of SIGUSR1 signal."]
- },
- {"name": "pipeliner",
-  "package": "xontrib-pipeliner",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-pipeliner",
-  "description": ["Let your pipe lines flow thru the Python code in xonsh."]
- }, 
- {"name": "powerline",
-  "package": "xontrib-powerline",
-  "url": "https://github.com/santagada/xontrib-powerline",
-  "description": ["Powerline for Xonsh shell"]
- },
- {"name": "powerline2",
-  "package": "xontrib-powerline2",
-  "url": "https://github.com/vaaaaanquish/xontrib-powerline2",
-  "description": ["Powerline for Xonsh shell forked from santagada/xontrib-powerline"]
- },
- {"name": "prompt_bar",
-  "package": "xontrib-prompt-bar",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-prompt-bar",
-  "description": ["An elegance bar style for prompt."]
- }, 
- {"name": "powerline_binding",
-  "package": "xontrib-powerline-binding",
-  "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-powerline-binding",
-  "description": ["Uses powerline to render the xonsh prompt"]
- },
- {"name": "prompt_ret_code",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Adds return code info to the prompt"]
-  },
- {"name": "prompt_vi_mode",
-  "package": "xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
-  "url": "https://github.com/t184256/xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
-  "description": ["vi-mode status formatter for xonsh prompt"]
- },
- {"name": "pyenv",
-  "package": "xontrib-pyenv",
-  "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-pyenv",
-  "description": ["pyenv integration for xonsh."]
- },
- {"name": "readable-traceback",
-  "package": "xontrib-readable-traceback",
-  "url": "https://github.com/6syun9/xontrib-readable-traceback",
-  "description": ["Make traceback easier to see for xonsh."]
- },
- {"name": "sh",
-  "package": "xontrib-sh",
-  "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-sh",
-  "description": ["Paste and run commands from bash, zsh, fish in xonsh shell."]
- },
- {"name": "schedule",
-  "package": "xontrib-schedule",
-  "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-schedule",
-  "description": ["Xonsh Task Scheduling"]
- },
- {"name": "scrapy_tabcomplete",
-  "package": "xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
-  "url": "https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
-  "description": ["Adds tabcomplete functionality to scrapy inside of xonsh."]
- },
- {"name": "ssh_agent",
-  "package": "xontrib-ssh-agent",
-  "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-ssh-agent",
-  "description": ["ssh-agent integration"]
- },
- {"name": "vox",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Python virtual environment manager for xonsh."]
-  },
- {"name": "vox_tabcomplete",
-  "package": "xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
-  "url": "https://github.com/Granitosaurus/xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
-  "description": ["Adds tabcomplete functionality to vox inside of xonsh."]
- },
-  {"name": "whole_word_jumping",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": [
-    "Jumping across whole words (non-whitespace) with Ctrl+Left/Right. ",
-    "Alt+Left/Right remains unmodified to jump over smaller word segments. ",
-    "Shift+Delete removes the whole word."]
- },
- {"name": "xo",
-  "package": "exofrills",
-  "url": "https://github.com/scopatz/xo",
-  "description": ["Adds an 'xo' alias to run the exofrills text editor in the ",
-                  "current Python interpreter session. This shaves off a ",
-                  "bit of the startup time when running your favorite, minimal ",
-                  "text editor."]
-  },
- {"name": "xog",
-  "package": "xonsh",
-  "url": "http://xon.sh",
-  "description": ["Adds a simple command to establish and print temporary traceback log file."]
- },
-  {"name": "xpg",
-  "package": "xontrib-xpg",
-  "url": "https://github.com/fengttt/xsh/tree/master/py",
-  "description": ["Run/plot/explain sql query for PostgreSQL."] 
-  },
- {"name": "z",
-  "package": "xontrib-z",
-  "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-z",
-  "description": ["Tracks your most used directories, based on 'frecency'."]
- },
- {"name": "zoxide",
-  "package": "xontrib-zoxide",
-  "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-zoxide",
-  "description": ["Zoxide integration for xonsh."]
- }
- ],
- "packages": {
-  "exofrills": {
-   "license": "WTFPL",
-   "url": "http://exofrills.org",
-   "install": {
-    "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge xo",
-    "pip": "xpip install exofrills"}
-   },
-  "xonsh": {
-   "license": "BSD 3-clause",
-   "url": "http://xon.sh",
-   "install": {
-    "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge xonsh",
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh",
-    "aura": "sudo aura -A xonsh",
-    "yaourt": "yaourt -Sa xonsh"}
-   },
-  "xontrib-argcomplete": {
-   "license": "BSD",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-argcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-argcomplete"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-back2dir": {
-   "license": "BSD",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-back2dir",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-back2dir"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-autoxsh": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-autoxsh",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-autoxsh"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-apt-tabcomplete": {
-   "license": "BSD 2-clause",
-   "url": "https://github.com/DangerOnTheRanger/xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-apt-tabcomplete"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-click-tabcomplete": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/Granitosaurus/xonsh-click-tabcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-click-tabcomplete"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-direnv": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/74th/xonsh-direnv",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-direnv"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-docker-tabcomplete": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/xsteadfastx/xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-docker-tabcomplete"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-hist-navigator": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-hist-navigator",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-hist-navigator"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete"
-    }
-   },
-  "xonsh-vox-tabcomplete": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/Granitosaurus/xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonsh-vox-tabcomplete"
-   }
-  },
-  "xonda": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/gforsyth/xonda",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xonda"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-avox": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-avox",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-avox"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-cmd-durations": {
-    "license": "MIT",    
-    "url": "https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-cmd-durations",
-    "install": {
-      "pip": "xpip install xontrib-cmd-durations"
-    }
-  },
-  "xontrib-fzf-widgets": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/laloch/xontrib-fzf-widgets",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-fzf-widgets"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-gitinfo": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-gitinfo",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-gitinfo"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-histcpy": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/con-f-use/xontrib-histcpy",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-histcpy"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-kitty": {
-   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
-   "url": "https://github.com/scopatz/xontrib-kitty",
-   "install": {
-    "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge xontrib-kitty",
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-kitty"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-output-search": {
-   "license": "BSD",
-   "url": "https://github.com/tokenizer/xontrib-output-search",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-output-search"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-onepath": {
-   "license": "BSD",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-onepath",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-onepath"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-pipeliner": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-pipeliner",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-pipeliner"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-powerline": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/santagada/xontrib-powerline",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-powerline2": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/vaaaaanquish/xontrib-powerline2",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline2"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-powerline-binding": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-powerline-binding",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline-binding"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-prompt-bar": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-prompt-bar",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-prompt-bar"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-prompt-ret-code": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/Siecje/xontrib-prompt-ret-code",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-prompt-ret-code"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-prompt-vi-mode": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/t184256/xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-prompt-vi-mode"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-pyenv": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-pyenv",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-pyenv"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-readable-traceback": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/6syun9/xontrib-readable-traceback",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-readable-traceback"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-sh": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-sh",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-sh"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-schedule": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-schedule",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-schedule"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-ssh-agent": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-ssh-agent",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-ssh-agent"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-thefuck": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/meatballs/xontrib-thefuck",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-thefuck"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-xpg": {
-   "license": "Apache",
-   "url": "https://github.com/fengttt/xsh/py",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-xpg"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-z": {
-   "license": "GPLv3",
-   "url": "https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-z",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-z"
-   }
-  },
-  "xontrib-zoxide": {
-   "license": "MIT",
-   "url": "https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-zoxide",
-   "install": {
-    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-zoxide"
-   }
-  }
- }
-}
diff --git a/xonsh/xontribs.py b/xonsh/xontribs.py
index 12eaf73ec..6930dad3b 100644
--- a/xonsh/xontribs.py
+++ b/xonsh/xontribs.py
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 """Tools for helping manage xontributions."""
-import os
-import sys
-import json
-import builtins
 import argparse
+import builtins
 import functools
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
-
+import json
+import sys
+import typing as tp
 from enum import IntEnum
-from xonsh.tools import print_color, print_exception, unthreadable
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from xonsh.xontribs_meta import get_xontribs
+from xonsh.tools import print_color, print_exception, unthreadable
+
 
 class ExitCode(IntEnum):
     OK = 0
@@ -42,14 +43,15 @@ def xontrib_context(name):
     return ctx
 
 
-def prompt_xontrib_install(names):
+def prompt_xontrib_install(names: tp.List[str]):
     """Returns a formatted string with name of xontrib package to prompt user"""
-    md = xontrib_metadata()
+    xontribs = get_xontribs()
     packages = []
     for name in names:
-        for xontrib in md["xontribs"]:
-            if xontrib["name"] == name:
-                packages.append(xontrib["package"])
+        if name in xontribs:
+            xontrib = xontribs[name]
+            if xontrib.package:
+                packages.append(xontrib.package.name)
 
     print(
         "The following xontribs are enabled but not installed: \n"
@@ -76,44 +78,6 @@ def update_context(name, ctx=None):
     return ctx.update(modctx)
 
 
-@functools.lru_cache()
-def xontrib_metadata():
-    """Loads and returns the xontribs.json file."""
-    impres = None
-    pkg_resources = None
-
-    # NOTE: Reduce all of these alternate implementations when the minimum Python
-    #       is >=3.7
-    try:
-        # Python 3.7
-        import importlib.resources as impres
-    except ImportError:
-        try:
-            # Optional backport for <3.7
-            import importlib_resources as impres
-        except ImportError:
-            try:
-                # Try the slower and clunkier pkg_resources
-                # This is only available if setuptools is part of the environment
-                import pkg_resources
-            except ImportError:
-                pass
-
-    if impres:
-        with impres.open_text("xonsh", "xontribs.json") as f:
-            md = json.load(f)
-    elif pkg_resources:
-        # Despite the name, this is a bytes
-        bytesdata = pkg_resources.resource_string("xonsh", "xontribs.json")
-        md = json.loads(bytesdata.decode("utf-8"))
-    else:
-        path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "xontribs.json")
-        with open(path, "r") as f:
-            md = json.load(f)
-
-    return md
-
-
 def xontribs_load(names, verbose=False):
     """Load xontribs from a list of names"""
     ctx = builtins.__xonsh__.ctx
@@ -138,39 +102,39 @@ def _load(ns):
     return xontribs_load(ns.names, verbose=ns.verbose)
 
 
-def xontrib_installed(ns=None):
+def xontrib_installed(names: tp.Set[str]):
     """Returns list of installed xontribs."""
     installed_xontribs = set()
-    xontrib_locations = importlib.util.find_spec("xontrib").submodule_search_locations
-    names = None if not ns or len(ns.names) == 0 else set(ns.names)
-    if xontrib_locations:
-        for xl in xontrib_locations:
-            for x in Path(xl).glob("*"):
-                name = x.name.split(".")[0]
-                if name[0] == "_" or (names and name not in names):
-                    continue
-                installed_xontribs.add(name)
+    spec = importlib.util.find_spec("xontrib")
+    if spec:
+        xontrib_locations = spec.submodule_search_locations
+        if xontrib_locations:
+            for xl in xontrib_locations:
+                for x in Path(xl).glob("*"):
+                    name = x.name.split(".")[0]
+                    if name[0] == "_" or (names and name not in names):
+                        continue
+                    installed_xontribs.add(name)
     return installed_xontribs
 
 
 def xontrib_data(ns):
     """Collects and returns the data about xontribs."""
-    meta = xontrib_metadata()
+    meta = get_xontribs()
     data = {}
-    names = None if not ns or len(ns.names) == 0 else set(ns.names)
-    for md in meta["xontribs"]:
-        name = md["name"]
-        if names is not None and md["name"] not in names:
+    names: tp.Set[str] = set() if not ns else set(ns.names)
+    for xo_name in meta:
+        if xo_name not in names:
             continue
-        spec = find_xontrib(name)
+        spec = find_xontrib(xo_name)
         if spec is None:
             installed = loaded = False
         else:
             installed = True
             loaded = spec.name in sys.modules
-        data[name] = {"name": name, "installed": installed, "loaded": loaded}
+        data[xo_name] = {"name": xo_name, "installed": installed, "loaded": loaded}
 
-    installed_xontribs = xontrib_installed(ns)
+    installed_xontribs = xontrib_installed(names)
     for name in installed_xontribs:
         if name not in data:
             loaded = f"xontrib.{name}" in sys.modules
diff --git a/xonsh/xontribs_meta.py b/xonsh/xontribs_meta.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56fb46624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xonsh/xontribs_meta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,583 @@
+"""
+This modules is the place where one would define the xontribs.
+"""
+
+import functools
+import typing as tp
+
+
+class _XontribPkg(tp.NamedTuple):
+    """Class to define package information of a xontrib.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    install
+        a mapping of tools with respective install commands. e.g. {"pip": "pip install xontrib"}
+    license
+        license type of the xontrib package
+    name
+        full name of the package. e.g. "xontrib-argcomplete"
+    url
+        URL to the homepage of the xontrib package.
+    """
+
+    install: tp.Dict[str, str]
+    license: str = ""
+    name: str = ""
+    url: tp.Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class Xontrib(tp.NamedTuple):
+    """Meta class that is used to describe xontribs.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    url
+        url to the home page of the xontrib.
+    description
+        short description about the xontrib.
+    package
+        pkg information for installing the xontrib
+    tags
+        category.
+    """
+
+    url: str = ""
+    description: str = ""
+    package: tp.Optional[_XontribPkg] = None
+    tags: tp.Tuple[str, ...] = ()
+
+
+@functools.lru_cache()
+def get_xontribs() -> tp.Dict[str, Xontrib]:
+    """Return xontrib definitions lazily."""
+    return define_xontribs()
+
+
+def define_xontribs():
+    """Xontrib registry."""
+    core_pkg = _XontribPkg(
+        name="xonsh",
+        license="BSD 3-clause",
+        install={
+            "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge xonsh",
+            "pip": "xpip install xonsh",
+            "aura": "sudo aura -A xonsh",
+            "yaourt": "yaourt -Sa xonsh",
+        },
+        url="http://xon.sh",
+    )
+    return {
+        "abbrevs": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Adds ``abbrevs`` dictionary to hold user-defined "
+            "command abbreviations. The dictionary is searched "
+            "as you type and the matching words are replaced "
+            "at the command line by the corresponding "
+            "dictionary contents once you hit 'Space' or "
+            "'Return' key. For instance a frequently used "
+            "command such as ``git status`` can be abbreviated "
+            "to ``gst`` as follows::\n"
+            "\n"
+            "    $ xontrib load abbrevs\n"
+            "    $ abbrevs['gst'] = 'git status'\n"
+            "    $ gst # Once you hit <space> or <return>, "
+            "'gst' gets expanded to 'git status'.\n"
+            "\n",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "apt_tabcomplete": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/DangerOnTheRanger/xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
+            description="Adds tabcomplete functionality to "
+            "apt-get/apt-cache inside of xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
+                license="BSD 2-clause",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-apt-tabcomplete"},
+                url="https://github.com/DangerOnTheRanger/xonsh-apt-tabcomplete",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "argcomplete": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-argcomplete",
+            description="Argcomplete support to tab completion of "
+            "python and xonsh scripts in xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-argcomplete",
+                license="BSD",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-argcomplete"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-argcomplete",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "autojump": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/sagartewari01/autojump-xonsh",
+            description="autojump support for xonsh",
+        ),
+        "autovox": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Manages automatic activation of virtual " "environments.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "autoxsh": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-autoxsh",
+            description="Adds automatic execution of xonsh script files "
+            "called ``.autoxsh`` when enterting a directory "
+            "with ``cd`` function",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-autoxsh",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-autoxsh"},
+                url="https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-autoxsh",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "avox": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-avox",
+            description="Automatic (de)activation of virtual environments as "
+            "you cd around",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-avox",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-avox"},
+                url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-avox",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "back2dir": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-back2dir",
+            description="Return to the most recently used directory when "
+            "starting the xonsh shell. For example, if you "
+            "were in the '/work' directory when you last "
+            "exited xonsh, then your next xonsh session will "
+            "start in the '/work' directory, instead of your "
+            "home directory.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-back2dir",
+                license="BSD",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-back2dir"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-back2dir",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "base16_shell": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/ErickTucto/xontrib-base16-shell",
+            description="Change base16 shell themes",
+        ),
+        "bashisms": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Enables additional Bash-like syntax while at the "
+            "command prompt. For example, the ``!!`` syntax "
+            "for running the previous command is now usable. "
+            "Note that these features are implemented as "
+            "precommand events and these additions do not "
+            "affect the xonsh language when run as script. "
+            "That said, you might find them useful if you "
+            "have strong muscle memory.\n"
+            "\n"
+            "**Warning:** This xontrib may modify user "
+            "command line input to implement its behavior. To "
+            "see the modifications as they are applied (in "
+            "unified diffformat), please set ``$XONSH_DEBUG`` "
+            "to ``2`` or higher.\n"
+            "\n"
+            "The xontrib also adds commands: ``alias``, "
+            "``export``, ``unset``, ``set``, ``shopt``, "
+            "``complete``.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "cmd_done": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-cmd-durations",
+            description="send notification once long-running command is "
+            "finished. Adds `long_cmd_duration` field to "
+            "$PROMPT_FIELDS. Note: It needs `xdotool` "
+            "installed to detect current window.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-cmd-durations",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-cmd-durations"},
+                url="https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-cmd-durations",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "coreutils": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Additional core utilities that are implemented "
+            "in xonsh. The current list includes:\n"
+            "\n"
+            "* cat\n"
+            "* echo\n"
+            "* pwd\n"
+            "* tee\n"
+            "* tty\n"
+            "* yes\n"
+            "\n"
+            "In many cases, these may have a lower "
+            "performance overhead than the posix command "
+            "line utility with the same name. This is "
+            "because these tools avoid the need for a full "
+            "subprocess call. Additionally, these tools are "
+            "cross-platform.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "direnv": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/74th/xonsh-direnv",
+            description="Supports direnv.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-direnv",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-direnv"},
+                url="https://github.com/74th/xonsh-direnv",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "distributed": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="The distributed parallel computing library "
+            "hooks for xonsh. Importantly this provides a "
+            "substitute 'dworker' command which enables "
+            "distributed workers to have access to xonsh "
+            "builtins.\n"
+            "\n"
+            "Furthermore, this xontrib adds a 'DSubmitter' "
+            "context manager for executing a block "
+            "remotely. Moreover, this also adds a "
+            "convenience function 'dsubmit()' for creating "
+            "DSubmitter and Executor instances at the same "
+            "time. Thus users may submit distributed jobs "
+            "with::\n"
+            "\n"
+            "    with dsubmit('127.0.0.1:8786', rtn='x') "
+            "as dsub:\n"
+            "        x = $(echo I am elsewhere)\n"
+            "\n"
+            "    res = dsub.future.result()\n"
+            "    print(res)\n"
+            "\n"
+            "This is useful for long running or "
+            "non-blocking jobs.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "docker_tabcomplete": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/xsteadfastx/xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
+            description="Adds tabcomplete functionality to " "docker inside of xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-docker-tabcomplete"},
+                url="https://github.com/xsteadfastx/xonsh-docker-tabcomplete",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "free_cwd": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Windows only xontrib, to release the lock on the "
+            "current directory whenever the prompt is shown. "
+            "Enabling this will allow the other programs or "
+            "Windows Explorer to delete or rename the current "
+            "or parent directories. Internally, it is "
+            "accomplished by temporarily resetting CWD to the "
+            "root drive folder while waiting at the prompt. "
+            "This only works with the prompt_toolkit backend "
+            "and can cause cause issues if any extensions are "
+            "enabled that hook the prompt and relies on "
+            "``os.getcwd()``",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "fzf-widgets": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/laloch/xontrib-fzf-widgets",
+            description="Adds some fzf widgets to your xonsh shell.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-fzf-widgets",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-fzf-widgets"},
+                url="https://github.com/laloch/xontrib-fzf-widgets",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "gitinfo": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-gitinfo",
+            description="Displays git information on entering a repository "
+            "folder. Uses ``onefetch`` if available.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-gitinfo",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-gitinfo"},
+                url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-gitinfo",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "hist_navigator": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-hist-navigator",
+            description="Move through directory history with nextd "
+            "and prevd also with keybindings.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-hist-navigator",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-hist-navigator"},
+                url="https://github.com/jnoortheen/xontrib-hist-navigator",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "histcpy": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/con-f-use/xontrib-histcpy",
+            description="Useful aliases and shortcuts for extracting links "
+            "and textfrom command output history and putting "
+            "them into the clipboard.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-histcpy",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-histcpy"},
+                url="https://github.com/con-f-use/xontrib-histcpy",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "jedi": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Use Jedi as xonsh's python completer.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "kitty": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/scopatz/xontrib-kitty",
+            description="Xonsh hooks for the Kitty terminal emulator.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-kitty",
+                license="BSD-3-Clause",
+                install={
+                    "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge " "xontrib-kitty",
+                    "pip": "xpip install xontrib-kitty",
+                },
+                url="https://github.com/scopatz/xontrib-kitty",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "mpl": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Matplotlib hooks for xonsh, including the new 'mpl' "
+            "alias that displays the current figure on the screen.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "onepath": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-onepath",
+            description="When you click to a file or folder in graphical "
+            "OS they will be opened in associated app.The "
+            "xontrib-onepath brings the same logic for the "
+            "xonsh shell. Type the filename or pathwithout "
+            "preceding command and an associated action will "
+            "be executed. The actions are customizable.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-onepath",
+                license="BSD",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-onepath"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-onepath",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "output_search": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-output-search",
+            description="Get identifiers, names, paths, URLs and "
+            "words from the previous command output and "
+            "use them for the next command.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-output-search",
+                license="BSD",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-output-search"},
+                url="https://github.com/tokenizer/xontrib-output-search",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "pdb": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Simple built-in debugger. Runs pdb on reception of "
+            "SIGUSR1 signal.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "pipeliner": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-pipeliner",
+            description="Let your pipe lines flow thru the Python code " "in xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-pipeliner",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-pipeliner"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-pipeliner",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "powerline": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/santagada/xontrib-powerline",
+            description="Powerline for Xonsh shell",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-powerline",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline"},
+                url="https://github.com/santagada/xontrib-powerline",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "powerline2": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/vaaaaanquish/xontrib-powerline2",
+            description="Powerline for Xonsh shell forked from "
+            "santagada/xontrib-powerline",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-powerline2",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline2"},
+                url="https://github.com/vaaaaanquish/xontrib-powerline2",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "powerline_binding": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-powerline-binding",
+            description="Uses powerline to render the xonsh " "prompt",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-powerline-binding",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-powerline-binding"},
+                url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-powerline-binding",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "prompt_bar": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-prompt-bar",
+            description="An elegance bar style for prompt.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-prompt-bar",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-prompt-bar"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-prompt-bar",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "prompt_ret_code": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Adds return code info to the prompt",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "prompt_vi_mode": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/t184256/xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
+            description="vi-mode status formatter for xonsh prompt",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-prompt-vi-mode"},
+                url="https://github.com/t184256/xontrib-prompt-vi-mode",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "pyenv": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-pyenv",
+            description="pyenv integration for xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-pyenv",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-pyenv"},
+                url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-pyenv",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "readable-traceback": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/6syun9/xontrib-readable-traceback",
+            description="Make traceback easier to see for " "xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-readable-traceback",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-readable-traceback"},
+                url="https://github.com/6syun9/xontrib-readable-traceback",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "schedule": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-schedule",
+            description="Xonsh Task Scheduling",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-schedule",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-schedule"},
+                url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-schedule",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "scrapy_tabcomplete": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
+            description="Adds tabcomplete functionality to " "scrapy inside of xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete"},
+                url="https://github.com/Granitas/xonsh-scrapy-tabcomplete",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "sh": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-sh",
+            description="Paste and run commands from bash, zsh, fish in xonsh "
+            "shell.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-sh",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-sh"},
+                url="https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-sh",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "ssh_agent": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-ssh-agent",
+            description="ssh-agent integration",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-ssh-agent",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-ssh-agent"},
+                url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-ssh-agent",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "vox": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Python virtual environment manager for xonsh.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "vox_tabcomplete": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/Granitosaurus/xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
+            description="Adds tabcomplete functionality to vox " "inside of xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xonsh-vox-tabcomplete"},
+                url="https://github.com/Granitosaurus/xonsh-vox-tabcomplete",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "whole_word_jumping": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Jumping across whole words "
+            "(non-whitespace) with Ctrl+Left/Right. "
+            "Alt+Left/Right remains unmodified to "
+            "jump over smaller word segments. "
+            "Shift+Delete removes the whole word.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "xo": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/scopatz/xo",
+            description="Adds an 'xo' alias to run the exofrills text editor in "
+            "the current Python interpreter session. This shaves "
+            "off a bit of the startup time when running your "
+            "favorite, minimal text editor.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="exofrills",
+                license="WTFPL",
+                install={
+                    "conda": "conda install -c conda-forge xo",
+                    "pip": "xpip install exofrills",
+                },
+                url="http://exofrills.org",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "xog": Xontrib(
+            url="http://xon.sh",
+            description="Adds a simple command to establish and print "
+            "temporary traceback log file.",
+            package=core_pkg,
+        ),
+        "xpg": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/fengttt/xsh/tree/master/py",
+            description="Run/plot/explain sql query for PostgreSQL.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-xpg",
+                license="Apache",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-xpg"},
+                url="https://github.com/fengttt/xsh/py",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "z": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-z",
+            description="Tracks your most used directories, based on 'frecency'.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-z",
+                license="GPLv3",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-z"},
+                url="https://github.com/AstraLuma/xontrib-z",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "zoxide": Xontrib(
+            url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-zoxide",
+            description="Zoxide integration for xonsh.",
+            package=_XontribPkg(
+                name="xontrib-zoxide",
+                license="MIT",
+                install={"pip": "xpip install xontrib-zoxide"},
+                url="https://github.com/dyuri/xontrib-zoxide",
+            ),
+        ),
+    }