diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index cec7386..8b4bb27 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -44,85 +44,52 @@ require("pack").setup({
 })
 
 require("ts").setup({
-    parsers = {
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-bash",
-        -- required by cpp
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c",
-        "https://github.com/uyha/tree-sitter-cmake",
-        "https://github.com/stsewd/tree-sitter-comment",
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp",
-        -- required by scss
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-css",
-        "https://github.com/gbprod/tree-sitter-gitcommit",
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-go",
-        {
-            "https://github.com/ngalaiko/tree-sitter-go-template",
-            lang = "gotmpl",
-        },
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-html",
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-json",
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-luadoc",
-        {
-            "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-php",
-            specs = {
-                { lang = "php", location = "php" },
-                { lang = "php_only", location = "php_only" },
-            },
-        },
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-python",
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust",
-        "https://github.com/serenadeai/tree-sitter-scss",
-        {
-            "https://github.com/derekstride/tree-sitter-sql",
-            version = "gh-pages",
-        },
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-svelte",
-        {
-            "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-typescript",
-            specs = {
-                { lang = "typescript", location = "typescript" },
-                { lang = "tsx", location = "tsx" },
-            },
-        },
-        {
-            "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-xml",
-            specs = {
-                { lang = "xml", location = "xml" },
-                { lang = "dtd", location = "dtd" },
-            },
-        },
-        "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-yaml",
-        "https://github.com/georgeharker/tree-sitter-zsh",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-bash",
+    -- required by cpp
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c",
+    "https://github.com/uyha/tree-sitter-cmake",
+    "https://github.com/stsewd/tree-sitter-comment",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp",
+    -- required by scss
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-css",
+    "https://github.com/gbprod/tree-sitter-gitcommit",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-go",
+    {
+        "https://github.com/ngalaiko/tree-sitter-go-template",
+        lang = "gotmpl",
     },
-    languages = {
-        "bash",
-        "c", -- builtin
-        "cmake",
-        "comment",
-        "cpp",
-        "css",
-        "gitcommit",
-        "go",
-        "gotmpl",
-        "html",
-        "json",
-        "lua", -- builtin
-        "luadoc",
-        "markdown", -- builtin
-        "markdown_inline", -- builtin
-        "php",
-        "python",
-        "query", -- builtin
-        "rust",
-        "scss",
-        "sql",
-        "svelte",
-        "tsx",
-        "typescript",
-        "vim", -- builtin
-        "vimdoc", -- builtin
-        "xml",
-        "yaml",
-        "zsh",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-html",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-json",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-luadoc",
+    {
+        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-php",
+        parsers = {
+            { lang = "php", location = "php" },
+            { lang = "php_only", location = "php_only" },
+        },
     },
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-python",
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust",
+    "https://github.com/serenadeai/tree-sitter-scss",
+    {
+        "https://github.com/derekstride/tree-sitter-sql",
+        version = "gh-pages",
+    },
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-svelte",
+    {
+        "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-typescript",
+        parsers = {
+            { lang = "typescript", location = "typescript" },
+            { lang = "tsx", location = "tsx" },
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-xml",
+        parsers = {
+            { lang = "xml", location = "xml" },
+            { lang = "dtd", location = "dtd" },
+        },
+    },
+    "https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-yaml",
+    "https://github.com/georgeharker/tree-sitter-zsh",
 })
diff --git a/lua/ts.lua b/lua/ts.lua
index 19b440c..7812378 100644
--- a/lua/ts.lua
+++ b/lua/ts.lua
@@ -2,33 +2,27 @@ local log = require("log")
 
 local M = {}
 
----@class ow.TS.ParserSpec
+---@class ow.TS.Parser
 ---@field lang string
 ---@field location? string
 ---@field generate? boolean
 ---@field from_json? boolean
 
----@class ow.TS.SingleParser
+---@class ow.TS.RepoBase
 ---@field [1] string
----@field name? string
 ---@field version? string | vim.VersionRange
----@field lang? string inferred from URL (strip "tree-sitter-" prefix) if omitted
----@field location? string
----@field generate? boolean
----@field from_json? boolean
 
----@class ow.TS.MultiParser
----@field [1] string
----@field name? string
----@field version? string | vim.VersionRange
----@field specs ow.TS.ParserSpec[]
-
----@alias ow.TS.ParserEntry string | ow.TS.SingleParser | ow.TS.MultiParser
-
----@class ow.TS.Parser
+---@class ow.TS.Repo : ow.TS.RepoBase
 ---@field name string
----@field path string
----@field specs ow.TS.ParserSpec[]
+---@field parsers ow.TS.Parser[]
+---@field path? string
+
+---@class ow.TS.ParserOpts : ow.TS.Parser
+---@field lang? string
+
+---@class ow.TS.RepoOpts : ow.TS.RepoBase, ow.TS.ParserOpts
+---@field name? string
+---@field parsers? ow.TS.Parser[]
 
 ---@param path string
 ---@param lang string
@@ -39,9 +33,7 @@ end
 
 ---@param buf integer
 local function start_treesitter(buf)
-    local ok, err = pcall(vim.treesitter.start, buf)
-    if not ok then
-        log.error("Failed to enable treesitter for buffer %d: %s", buf, err)
+    if not pcall(vim.treesitter.start, buf) then
         return
     end
     for _, win in ipairs(vim.fn.win_findbuf(buf)) do
@@ -63,25 +55,26 @@ local function activate_open_buffers(lang)
     end
 end
 
+---@param repo ow.TS.Repo
 ---@param parser ow.TS.Parser
----@param spec ow.TS.ParserSpec
-function M.build(parser, spec)
-    local cwd = spec.location and vim.fs.joinpath(parser.path, spec.location)
-        or parser.path
-    local out = parser_so(parser.path, spec.lang)
+function M.build(repo, parser)
+    local path = assert(repo.path, "repo not installed: " .. repo.name)
+    local cwd = parser.location and vim.fs.joinpath(path, parser.location)
+        or path
+    local out = parser_so(path, parser.lang)
     vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fs.dirname(out), "p")
 
     local function on_build(r)
         if r.code ~= 0 then
             log.error(
                 "Failed to build parser for %s: %s",
-                spec.lang,
+                parser.lang,
                 r.stderr or ""
             )
             return
         end
-        vim.treesitter.language.add(spec.lang, { path = out })
-        activate_open_buffers(spec.lang)
+        vim.treesitter.language.add(parser.lang, { path = out })
+        activate_open_buffers(parser.lang)
     end
 
     local function do_build()
@@ -92,14 +85,14 @@ function M.build(parser, spec)
         )
     end
 
-    if spec.generate then
+    if parser.generate then
         local cmd = {
             "tree-sitter",
             "generate",
             "--abi",
             tostring(vim.treesitter.language_version),
         }
-        if spec.from_json ~= false then
+        if parser.from_json ~= false then
             table.insert(cmd, "src/grammar.json")
         end
         vim.system(
@@ -112,7 +105,7 @@ function M.build(parser, spec)
                 if r.code ~= 0 then
                     log.error(
                         "Failed to generate parser for %s: %s",
-                        spec.lang,
+                        parser.lang,
                         r.stderr or ""
                     )
                     return
@@ -135,95 +128,102 @@ local function lang_from_name(pack_name)
     return lang
 end
 
----@param entry ow.TS.ParserEntry
----@return vim.pack.Spec
-local function entry_pack_spec(entry)
+---@param url string
+---@return string
+local function name_from_url(url)
+    local name = url:match("([^/]+)$") or url
+    return (name:gsub("%.git$", ""))
+end
+
+---@param entry string | ow.TS.RepoOpts
+---@return ow.TS.Repo
+local function normalize(entry)
+    ---@type ow.TS.RepoOpts
+    local opts
     if type(entry) == "string" then
-        return { src = entry }
-    end
-    return {
-        src = entry[1],
-        name = entry.name,
-        version = entry.version,
-    }
-end
-
----@param entry ow.TS.ParserEntry
----@param pack_name string fallback for lang when the entry doesn't set it
----@return ow.TS.ParserSpec[]
-local function entry_specs(entry, pack_name)
-    if type(entry) == "string" then
-        return { { lang = lang_from_name(pack_name) } }
-    end
-    if entry.specs then
-        return entry.specs
-    end
-    ---@cast entry ow.TS.SingleParser
-    return {
-        {
-            lang = entry.lang or lang_from_name(pack_name),
-            location = entry.location,
-            generate = entry.generate,
-            from_json = entry.from_json,
-        },
-    }
-end
-
----@param languages string[]
----@return string[]
-local function collect_filetypes(languages)
-    local seen = {}
-    for _, lang in ipairs(languages) do
-        for _, ft in ipairs(vim.treesitter.language.get_filetypes(lang)) do
-            seen[ft] = true
-        end
-    end
-    return vim.tbl_keys(seen)
-end
-
----@param opts { parsers: ow.TS.ParserEntry[], languages: string[] }
-function M.setup(opts)
-    ---@type vim.pack.Spec[]
-    local pack_specs = {}
-    ---@type table<string, ow.TS.ParserEntry>
-    local entries_by_src = {}
-    for _, entry in ipairs(opts.parsers) do
-        local pack_spec = entry_pack_spec(entry)
-        table.insert(pack_specs, pack_spec)
-        entries_by_src[pack_spec.src] = entry
+        opts = { entry } --[[@as ow.TS.RepoOpts]]
+    else
+        opts = entry
     end
+    local name = opts.name or name_from_url(opts[1])
 
     ---@type ow.TS.Parser[]
     local parsers = {}
-    local changed = require("pack").install(pack_specs, function(data)
-        if not data.spec.name then
-            log.error("Missing name for parser: %s", data.spec.src)
-            return
-        end
-        local entry = entries_by_src[data.spec.src]
-        if not entry then
-            return
+    local input_parsers = opts.parsers
+    if input_parsers and vim.islist(input_parsers) then
+        for _, s in ipairs(input_parsers) do
+            table.insert(parsers, {
+                lang = s.lang,
+                location = s.location,
+                generate = s.generate ~= nil and s.generate or opts.generate,
+                from_json = s.from_json ~= nil and s.from_json
+                    or opts.from_json,
+            })
         end
+    else
         table.insert(parsers, {
-            name = data.spec.name,
-            path = data.path,
-            specs = entry_specs(entry, data.spec.name),
+            lang = opts.lang or lang_from_name(name),
+            location = opts.location,
+            generate = opts.generate,
+            from_json = opts.from_json,
         })
+    end
+
+    return {
+        [1] = opts[1],
+        name = name,
+        version = opts.version,
+        parsers = parsers,
+    }
+end
+
+---@param opts (string | ow.TS.RepoOpts)[]
+function M.setup(opts)
+    ---@type ow.TS.Repo[]
+    local repos = vim.tbl_map(normalize, opts)
+
+    ---@type vim.pack.Spec[]
+    local pack_specs = vim.tbl_map(function(p)
+        return { src = p[1], name = p.name, version = p.version }
+    end, repos)
+
+    ---@type table<string, ow.TS.Repo>
+    local by_src = {}
+    for _, p in ipairs(repos) do
+        by_src[p[1]] = p
+    end
+
+    local pack = require("pack")
+    local changed = pack.install(pack_specs, function(data)
+        local repo = by_src[data.spec.src]
+        if repo then
+            repo.path = data.path
+        end
     end)
 
-    for _, parser in ipairs(parsers) do
-        for _, spec in ipairs(parser.specs) do
-            local so = parser_so(parser.path, spec.lang)
-            if changed[parser.name] or not vim.uv.fs_stat(so) then
-                M.build(parser, spec)
+    for _, repo in ipairs(repos) do
+        pack.register_hook(repo.name, function(ev)
+            repo.path = ev.path
+            for _, parser in ipairs(repo.parsers) do
+                M.build(repo, parser)
+            end
+        end)
+        if not repo.path then
+            log.error("Repo not installed: %s", repo.name)
+            goto continue
+        end
+        for _, parser in ipairs(repo.parsers) do
+            local so = parser_so(repo.path, parser.lang)
+            if changed[repo.name] or not vim.uv.fs_stat(so) then
+                M.build(repo, parser)
             else
-                vim.treesitter.language.add(spec.lang, { path = so })
+                vim.treesitter.language.add(parser.lang, { path = so })
             end
         end
+        ::continue::
     end
 
     vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
-        pattern = collect_filetypes(opts.languages),
         callback = function(ev)
             start_treesitter(ev.buf)
         end,