diff --git a/docs/configuration/general.md b/docs/configuration/general.md
index 300dcf24..5dbe2d79 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/general.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/general.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ For more common configurations, see the [recipes](../recipes.md).
     cmdline = {},
   },
 
+  -- Use a preset for snippets, check the snippets documentation for more information
+  snippets = { preset = 'default' | 'luasnip' | 'mini_snippets' },
+
   -- Experimental signature help support
   signature = { enabled = true }
 }
diff --git a/docs/configuration/reference.md b/docs/configuration/reference.md
index 3faa8607..cc916aff 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/reference.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/reference.md
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ sources.providers = {
     score_offset = 0, -- Boost/penalize the score of the items
     override = nil, -- Override the source's functions
   },
+
   path = {
     name = 'Path',
     module = 'blink.cmp.sources.path',
@@ -447,9 +448,12 @@ sources.providers = {
       show_hidden_files_by_default = false,
     }
   },
+
   snippets = {
     name = 'Snippets',
     module = 'blink.cmp.sources.snippets',
+
+    -- For `snippets.preset == 'default'`
     opts = {
       friendly_snippets = true,
       search_paths = { vim.fn.stdpath('config') .. '/snippets' },
@@ -462,17 +466,22 @@ sources.providers = {
       -- Set to '+' to use the system clipboard, or '"' to use the unnamed register
       clipboard_register = nil,
     }
-  },
-  luasnip = {
-    name = 'Luasnip',
-    module = 'blink.cmp.sources.luasnip',
+
+    -- For `snippets.preset == 'luasnip'`
     opts = {
       -- Whether to use show_condition for filtering snippets
       use_show_condition = true,
       -- Whether to show autosnippets in the completion list
       show_autosnippets = true,
     }
+
+    -- For `snippets.preset == 'mini_snippets'`
+    opts = {
+      -- Whether to use a cache for completion items
+      use_items_cache = true,
+    }
   },
+
   buffer = {
     name = 'Buffer',
     module = 'blink.cmp.sources.buffer',
diff --git a/docs/configuration/snippets.md b/docs/configuration/snippets.md
index 54d849fe..1d639a91 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/snippets.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/snippets.md
@@ -43,18 +43,26 @@ By default, the `snippets` source will check `~/.config/nvim/snippets` for your
   -- `main` does not work at the moment
   dependencies = { 'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip', version = 'v2.*' },
   opts = {
-    snippets = {
-      expand = function(snippet) require('luasnip').lsp_expand(snippet) end,
-      active = function(filter)
-        if filter and filter.direction then
-          return require('luasnip').jumpable(filter.direction)
-        end
-        return require('luasnip').in_snippet()
-      end,
-      jump = function(direction) require('luasnip').jump(direction) end,
+    snippets = { preset = 'luasnip' },
+    -- ensure you have the `snippets` source (enabled by default)
+    sources = {
+      default = { 'lsp', 'path', 'snippets', 'buffer' },
     },
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## `mini.snippets`
+
+```lua
+{
+  'saghen/blink.cmp',
+  dependencies = 'echasnovski/mini.snippets',
+  opts = {
+    snippets = { preset = 'mini_snippets' },
+    -- ensure you have the `snippets` source (enabled by default)
     sources = {
-      default = { 'lsp', 'path', 'luasnip', 'buffer' },
+      default = { 'lsp', 'path', 'snippets', 'buffer' },
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/config/snippets.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/config/snippets.lua
index 82d32295..cd804e98 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/config/snippets.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/config/snippets.lua
@@ -1,22 +1,61 @@
 --- @class (exact) blink.cmp.SnippetsConfig
+--- @field preset 'default' | 'luasnip' | 'mini_snippets'
 --- @field expand fun(snippet: string) Function to use when expanding LSP provided snippets
 --- @field active fun(filter?: { direction?: number }): boolean Function to use when checking if a snippet is active
 --- @field jump fun(direction: number) Function to use when jumping between tab stops in a snippet, where direction can be negative or positive
 
+--- @param handlers table<'default' | 'luasnip' | 'mini_snippets', fun(...): any>
+local function by_preset(handlers)
+  return function(...)
+    local preset = require('blink.cmp.config').snippets.preset
+    return handlers[preset](...)
+  end
+end
+
 local validate = require('blink.cmp.config.utils').validate
 local snippets = {
   --- @type blink.cmp.SnippetsConfig
   default = {
-    -- NOTE: we wrap these in functions to reduce startup by 1-2ms
-    -- when using lazy.nvim
-    expand = function(snippet) vim.snippet.expand(snippet) end,
-    active = function(filter) return vim.snippet.active(filter) end,
-    jump = function(direction) vim.snippet.jump(direction) end,
+    preset = 'default',
+    -- NOTE: we wrap `vim.snippet` calls to reduce startup by 1-2ms
+    expand = by_preset({
+      default = function(snippet) vim.snippet.expand(snippet) end,
+      luasnip = function(snippet) require('luasnip').lsp_expand(snippet) end,
+      mini_snippets = function(snippet)
+        if not _G.MiniSnippets then error('mini.snippets has not been setup') end
+        local insert = MiniSnippets.config.expand.insert or MiniSnippets.default_insert
+        insert(snippet)
+      end,
+    }),
+    active = by_preset({
+      default = function(filter) return vim.snippet.active(filter) end,
+      luasnip = function(filter)
+        if filter and filter.direction then return require('luasnip').jumpable(filter.direction) end
+        return require('luasnip').in_snippet()
+      end,
+      mini_snippets = function()
+        if not _G.MiniSnippets then error('mini.snippets has not been setup') end
+        return MiniSnippets.session.get(false) ~= nil
+      end,
+    }),
+    jump = by_preset({
+      default = function(direction) vim.snippet.jump(direction) end,
+      luasnip = function(direction) require('luasnip').jump(direction) end,
+      mini_snippets = function(direction)
+        if not _G.MiniSnippets then error('mini.snippets has not been setup') end
+        MiniSnippets.session.jump(direction == -1 and 'prev' or 'next')
+      end,
+    }),
   },
 }
 
 function snippets.validate(config)
   validate('snippets', {
+    preset = {
+      config.preset,
+      function(preset) return vim.tbl_contains({ 'default', 'luasnip', 'mini_snippets' }, preset) end,
+      'one of: "default", "luasnip", "mini_snippets"',
+    },
     expand = { config.expand, 'function' },
     active = { config.active, 'function' },
     jump = { config.jump, 'function' },
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/config/sources.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/config/sources.lua
index 613a098d..ab06b5f1 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/config/sources.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/config/sources.lua
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ local sources = {
         module = 'blink.cmp.sources.snippets',
         score_offset = -3,
       },
-      luasnip = {
-        name = 'Luasnip',
-        module = 'blink.cmp.sources.luasnip',
-        score_offset = -3,
-      },
       buffer = {
         name = 'Buffer',
         module = 'blink.cmp.sources.buffer',
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua
index 293aace9..bb679f26 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ end
 local buffer = {}
 
 function buffer.new(opts)
-  opts = opts or {} ---@type blink.cmp.BufferOpts
+  --- @cast opts blink.cmp.BufferOpts
+
   local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = buffer })
   self.get_bufnrs = opts.get_bufnrs
     or function()
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/init.lua
index 826ae829..9b56cf5e 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/init.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ function sources.get_enabled_providers(mode)
 end
 
 function sources.get_provider_by_id(provider_id)
+  -- TODO: remove in v1.0
+  if not sources.providers[provider_id] and provider_id == 'luasnip' then
+    error(
+      "Luasnip has been moved to the `snippets` source, alongside a new preset system (`snippets.preset = 'luasnip'`). See the documentation for more information."
+    )
+  end
+
   assert(
     sources.providers[provider_id] ~= nil or config.sources.providers[provider_id] ~= nil,
     'Requested provider "'
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/provider/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/provider/init.lua
index c0b1f67c..0494dcc3 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/provider/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/lib/provider/init.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function source.new(id, config)
   self.id = id
   self.name = config.name
   self.module = require('blink.cmp.sources.lib.provider.override').new(
-    require(config.module).new(config.opts, config),
+    require(config.module).new(config.opts or {}, config),
     config.override
   )
   self.config = require('blink.cmp.sources.lib.provider.config').new(config)
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/path/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/path/init.lua
index d2dd3b36..bb5f5088 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/path/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/path/init.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function path.new(opts)
   local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = path })
 
   --- @type blink.cmp.PathOpts
-  opts = vim.tbl_deep_extend('keep', opts or {}, {
+  opts = vim.tbl_deep_extend('keep', opts, {
     trailing_slash = true,
     label_trailing_slash = true,
     get_cwd = function(context) return vim.fn.expand(('#%d:p:h'):format(context.bufnr)) end,
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/builtin.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/builtin.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/builtin.lua
rename to lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/builtin.lua
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db7fece2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--- @class blink.cmp.SnippetsOpts
+--- @field friendly_snippets? boolean
+--- @field search_paths? string[]
+--- @field global_snippets? string[]
+--- @field extended_filetypes? table<string, string[]>
+--- @field ignored_filetypes? string[]
+--- @field get_filetype? fun(context: blink.cmp.Context): string
+--- @field clipboard_register? string
+
+local snippets = {}
+
+function snippets.new(opts)
+  --- @cast opts blink.cmp.SnippetsOpts
+
+  local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = snippets })
+  --- @type table<string, blink.cmp.CompletionItem[]>
+  self.cache = {}
+  self.registry = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.default.registry').new(opts)
+  self.get_filetype = opts.get_filetype or function() return vim.bo.filetype end
+  return self
+end
+
+function snippets:get_completions(context, callback)
+  local filetype = self.get_filetype(context)
+  if vim.tbl_contains(self.registry.config.ignored_filetypes, filetype) then return callback() end
+
+  if not self.cache[filetype] then
+    local global_snippets = self.registry:get_global_snippets()
+    local extended_snippets = self.registry:get_extended_snippets(filetype)
+    local ft_snippets = self.registry:get_snippets_for_ft(filetype)
+    local snips = vim.list_extend({}, global_snippets)
+    vim.list_extend(snips, extended_snippets)
+    vim.list_extend(snips, ft_snippets)
+
+    self.cache[filetype] = snips
+  end
+
+  local items = vim.tbl_map(
+    function(item) return self.registry:snippet_to_completion_item(item) end,
+    self.cache[filetype]
+  )
+  callback({
+    is_incomplete_forward = false,
+    is_incomplete_backward = false,
+    items = items,
+  })
+end
+
+function snippets:resolve(item, callback)
+  local parsed_snippet = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.utils').safe_parse(item.insertText)
+  local snippet = parsed_snippet and tostring(parsed_snippet) or item.insertText
+
+  local resolved_item = vim.deepcopy(item)
+  resolved_item.detail = snippet
+  resolved_item.documentation = {
+    kind = 'markdown',
+    value = item.description,
+  }
+  callback(resolved_item)
+end
+
+--- For external integrations to force reloading the snippets
+function snippets:reload() self.cache = {} end
+
+return snippets
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/registry.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/registry.lua
similarity index 96%
rename from lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/registry.lua
rename to lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/registry.lua
index b163ad67..5be225c1 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/registry.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/registry.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 --- @field description? string
 
 local registry = {
-  builtin_vars = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.builtin'),
+  builtin_vars = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.default.builtin'),
 }
 
 local utils = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.utils')
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function registry.new(config)
       if string.match(path, 'friendly.snippets') then table.insert(self.config.search_paths, path) end
     end
   end
-  self.registry = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.scan').register_snippets(self.config.search_paths)
+  self.registry = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.default.scan').register_snippets(self.config.search_paths)
 
   return self
 end
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/scan.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/scan.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/scan.lua
rename to lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/default/scan.lua
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/init.lua
index b670f770..2a4b0baa 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/init.lua
@@ -1,65 +1,9 @@
---- @class blink.cmp.SnippetsOpts
---- @field friendly_snippets? boolean
---- @field search_paths? string[]
---- @field global_snippets? string[]
---- @field extended_filetypes? table<string, string[]>
---- @field ignored_filetypes? string[]
---- @field get_filetype? fun(context: blink.cmp.Context): string
---- @field clipboard_register? string
+local source = {}
 
-local snippets = {}
-
-function snippets.new(opts)
-  --- @type blink.cmp.SnippetsOpts
-  opts = opts or {}
-  local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = snippets })
-  --- @type table<string, blink.cmp.CompletionItem[]>
-  self.cache = {}
-  self.registry = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.registry').new(opts)
-  self.get_filetype = opts.get_filetype or function() return vim.bo.filetype end
-  return self
-end
-
-function snippets:get_completions(context, callback)
-  local filetype = self.get_filetype(context)
-  if vim.tbl_contains(self.registry.config.ignored_filetypes, filetype) then return callback() end
-
-  if not self.cache[filetype] then
-    local global_snippets = self.registry:get_global_snippets()
-    local extended_snippets = self.registry:get_extended_snippets(filetype)
-    local ft_snippets = self.registry:get_snippets_for_ft(filetype)
-    local snips = vim.list_extend({}, global_snippets)
-    vim.list_extend(snips, extended_snippets)
-    vim.list_extend(snips, ft_snippets)
-
-    self.cache[filetype] = snips
-  end
-
-  local items = vim.tbl_map(
-    function(item) return self.registry:snippet_to_completion_item(item) end,
-    self.cache[filetype]
-  )
-  callback({
-    is_incomplete_forward = false,
-    is_incomplete_backward = false,
-    items = items,
-  })
+function source.new(opts)
+  local preset = opts.preset or require('blink.cmp.config').snippets.preset
+  local module = 'blink.cmp.sources.snippets.' .. preset
+  return require(module).new(opts)
 end
 
-function snippets:resolve(item, callback)
-  local parsed_snippet = require('blink.cmp.sources.snippets.utils').safe_parse(item.insertText)
-  local snippet = parsed_snippet and tostring(parsed_snippet) or item.insertText
-
-  local resolved_item = vim.deepcopy(item)
-  resolved_item.detail = snippet
-  resolved_item.documentation = {
-    kind = 'markdown',
-    value = item.description,
-  }
-  callback(resolved_item)
-end
-
---- For external integrations to force reloading the snippets
-function snippets:reload() self.cache = {} end
-
-return snippets
+return source
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/luasnip.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/luasnip.lua
similarity index 98%
rename from lua/blink/cmp/sources/luasnip.lua
rename to lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/luasnip.lua
index 5085ef8c..91716d25 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/luasnip.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/luasnip.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local defaults_config = {
 }
 
 function source.new(opts)
-  local config = vim.tbl_deep_extend('keep', opts or {}, defaults_config)
+  local config = vim.tbl_deep_extend('keep', opts, defaults_config)
   require('blink.cmp.config.utils').validate('sources.providers.luasnip', {
     use_show_condition = { config.use_show_condition, 'boolean' },
     show_autosnippets = { config.show_autosnippets, 'boolean' },
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/mini_snippets.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/mini_snippets.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3923f202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/sources/snippets/mini_snippets.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+--- @module 'mini.snippets'
+
+--- @class blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSourceOptions
+--- @field use_items_cache? boolean completion items are cached using default mini.snippets context
+
+--- @class blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSource : blink.cmp.Source
+--- @field config blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSourceOptions
+--- @field items_cache table<string, blink.cmp.CompletionItem[]>
+
+--- @class blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSnippet
+--- @field prefix string string snippet identifier.
+--- @field body string string snippet content with appropriate syntax.
+--- @field desc string string snippet description in human readable form.
+
+--- @type blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSource
+--- @diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-fields
+local source = {}
+
+local defaults_config = {
+  --- Whether to use a cache for completion items
+  use_items_cache = true,
+}
+
+function source.new(opts)
+  local config = vim.tbl_deep_extend('keep', opts, defaults_config)
+  vim.validate({
+    use_items_cache = { config.use_items_cache, 'boolean' },
+  })
+
+  local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = source })
+  self.config = config
+  self.items_cache = {}
+  return self
+end
+
+function source:enabled()
+  ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: undefined-field
+  return _G.MiniSnippets ~= nil -- ensure that user has explicitly setup mini.snippets
+end
+
+local function to_completion_items(snippets)
+  local result = {}
+
+  for _, snip in ipairs(snippets) do
+    --- @type lsp.CompletionItem
+    local item = {
+      kind = require('blink.cmp.types').CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+      label = snip.prefix,
+      insertText = snip.prefix,
+      insertTextFormat = vim.lsp.protocol.InsertTextFormat.PlainText,
+      data = { snip = snip },
+    }
+    table.insert(result, item)
+  end
+  return result
+end
+
+-- NOTE: Completion items are cached by default using the default 'mini.snippets' context
+--
+-- vim.b.minisnippets_config can contain buffer-local snippets.
+-- a buffer can contain code in multiple languages
+--
+-- See :h MiniSnippets.default_prepare
+--
+-- Return completion items produced from snippets either directly or from cache
+local function get_completion_items(cache)
+  if not cache then return to_completion_items(MiniSnippets.expand({ match = false, insert = false })) end
+
+  -- Compute cache id
+  local _, context = MiniSnippets.default_prepare({})
+  local id = 'buf=' .. context.buf_id .. ',lang=' .. context.lang
+
+  -- Return the completion items for this context from cache
+  if cache[id] then return cache[id] end
+
+  -- Retrieve all raw snippets in context and transform into completion items
+  local snippets = MiniSnippets.expand({ match = false, insert = false })
+  --- @cast snippets table
+  local items = to_completion_items(vim.deepcopy(snippets))
+  cache[id] = items
+
+  return items
+end
+
+function source:get_completions(ctx, callback)
+  local cache = self.config.use_items_cache and self.items_cache or nil
+
+  --- @type blink.cmp.CompletionItem[]
+  local items = get_completion_items(cache)
+  callback({
+    is_incomplete_forward = false,
+    is_incomplete_backward = false,
+    items = items,
+    context = ctx,
+    ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-return
+  })
+end
+
+function source:resolve(item, callback)
+  --- @type blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSnippet
+  local snip = item.data.snip
+
+  local desc = snip.desc
+  if desc and not item.documentation then
+    item.documentation = {
+      kind = 'markdown',
+      value = table.concat(vim.lsp.util.convert_input_to_markdown_lines(desc), '\n'),
+    }
+  end
+
+  local detail = snip.body
+  if not item.detail then
+    if type(detail) == 'table' then detail = table.concat(detail, '\n') end
+    item.detail = detail
+  end
+
+  callback(item)
+end
+
+function source:execute(_, item)
+  -- Remove the word inserted by blink and insert snippet
+  -- It's safe to assume that mode is insert during completion
+
+  --- @type blink.cmp.MiniSnippetsSnippet
+  local snip = item.data.snip
+
+  local cursor = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
+  cursor[1] = cursor[1] - 1 -- nvim_buf_set_text: line is zero based
+  local start_col = cursor[2] - #item.insertText
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_text(0, cursor[1], start_col, cursor[1], cursor[2], {})
+
+  local insert = MiniSnippets.config.expand.insert or MiniSnippets.default_insert
+  ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-return
+  insert({ body = snip.body }) -- insert at cursor
+end
+
+-- For external integrations to force reloading the snippets
+function source:reload()
+  MiniSnippets.setup(MiniSnippets.config)
+  self.items_cache = {}
+end
+
+return source