diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
similarity index 53%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/linux.yml
index fd272e68..4e97d077 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-name: ci
+name: linux
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
-  build_linux:
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Linux build matrix
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -12,23 +18,22 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - { compiler: gcc, version: 11, build_type: Debug, cppstd: 17 }
+          - { compiler: gcc, version: 7, build_type: Release, cppstd: 11 }
+          - { compiler: gcc, version: 9, build_type: Release, cppstd: 17 }
           - { compiler: gcc, version: 11, build_type: Debug, cppstd: 20 }
-          - { compiler: gcc, version: 13, build_type: Release, cppstd: 17 }
-          - { compiler: gcc, version: 13, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20 }
-          - { compiler: gcc, version: 13, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20, std_format: OFF }
-          - { compiler: gcc, version: 13, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20, std_format: ON }
-          - { compiler: clang, version: 15, build_type: Release, cppstd: 17}
-          - { compiler: clang, version: 15, build_type: Debug, cppstd: 20, asan: ON }
-          - { compiler: clang, version: 15, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20, asan: OFF }
+          - { compiler: gcc, version: 12, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20 }
+          - { compiler: gcc, version: 12, build_type: Debug, cppstd: 20, asan: ON }
+          - { compiler: clang, version: 12, build_type: Debug, cppstd: 17 }
+          - { compiler: clang, version: 15, build_type: Release, cppstd: 20, tsan: ON }
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.config.compiler == 'clang' && 'teeks99/clang-ubuntu' || matrix.config.compiler }}:${{ matrix.config.version }}
-    name: "${{ matrix.config.compiler}} ${{ matrix.config.version }} (C++${{ matrix.config.cppstd }}, ${{ matrix.config.build_type }} DSPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT=${{ matrix.config.std_format || 'OFF' }})"
+    name: "${{ matrix.config.compiler}} ${{ matrix.config.version }} (C++${{ matrix.config.cppstd }} ${{ matrix.config.build_type }} ${{ matrix.config.asan == 'ON' && 'ASAN' || '' }}${{ matrix.config.tsan == 'ON' && 'TSAN' || '' }})"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@main
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup
         run: |
-          apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git pkg-config libsystemd-dev
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y curl git pkg-config libsystemd-dev
           CMAKE_VERSION="3.24.2"
           curl -sSL https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VERSION}/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.sh -o install-cmake.sh
           chmod +x install-cmake.sh
@@ -36,10 +41,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Compiler
         if: matrix.config.compiler == 'clang'
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.config.version }}" -ge 4 ]]; then
-            scripts/ci_setup_clang.sh "${{ matrix.config.version }}"
-            echo "CXXFLAGS=-stdlib=libc++" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
+          scripts/ci_setup_clang.sh "${{ matrix.config.version }}"
+          echo "CXXFLAGS=-stdlib=libc++" >> $GITHUB_ENV          
           echo "CC=clang-${{ matrix.config.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CXX=clang++-${{ matrix.config.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Build
@@ -49,31 +52,36 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.config.build_type }} \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.config.cppstd }} \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=${{ matrix.config.examples || 'ON' }} \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=${{ matrix.config.examples || 'ON' }} \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH=OFF \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF \
             -DSPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=${{ matrix.config.asan || 'OFF' }} \
-            -DSPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT=${{ matrix.config.std_format || 'OFF' }} 
-          make -j2
-          export ASAN_OPTIONS=alloc_dealloc_mismatch=0
-          ctest -j2 --output-on-failure
+            -DSPDLOG_SANITIZE_THREAD=${{ matrix.config.tsan || 'OFF' }}
+          make -j 4
+          ctest -j 4 --output-on-failure
 
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # OS X build matrix
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   build_osx:
     runs-on: macOS-latest
-    name: "OS X Clang (C++17, Release)"
+    name: "OS X Clang (C++11, Release)"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@main
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir -p build && cd build
           cmake .. \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=ON \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH=OFF \
             -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF \
             -DSPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=OFF
-          make -j
-          ctest -j2 --output-on-failure
-
+          make -j 4
+          ctest -j 4 --output-on-failure
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60e9e745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: macos
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    name: "macOS Clang (C++11, Release)"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p build && cd build
+          cmake .. \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH=OFF \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF \
+            -DSPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=OFF
+          make -j 4
+          ctest -j 4 --output-on-failure
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..710e4090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+name: windows
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 17 2022"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'OFF'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'OFF'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'ON'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 20
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 17 2022"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'ON'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'ON'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'OFF'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'ON'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 20
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 17 2022"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'OFF'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'OFF'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 17
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: CMake ${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }} CXX=${{matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD}} WCHAR=${{matrix.config.WCHAR_FILES}} STD_FORMAT=${{matrix.config.USE_STD_FORMAT}}
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          cmake -G "${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }}"  -A x64 `
+            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }} `
+            -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_SHARED }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=${{ matrix.config.WCHAR }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=${{ matrix.config.WCHAR_FILES }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_EXAMPLE }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_EXAMPLE }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=${{ matrix.config.FATAL_ERRORS }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT=${{ matrix.config.USE_STD_FORMAT }} `
+            -D CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD }} ..
+
+      - name: Build
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          cmake --build  . --parallel --config ${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          PATH: ${{ env.PATH }};${{ github.workspace }}\build\_deps\catch2-build\src\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }};${{ github.workspace }}\build\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}
+        run: |
+          build\tests\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}\spdlog-utests.exe
+
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # MSVC 2019 build matrix
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  build_2019:
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'OFF'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'OFF'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 17
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'OFF'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'OFF'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 14
+          - GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+            BUILD_TYPE: Release
+            BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+            FATAL_ERRORS: 'ON'
+            WCHAR: 'OFF'
+            WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
+            BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
+            USE_STD_FORMAT: 'OFF'
+            CXX_STANDARD: 11
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: CMake ${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }} CXX=${{matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD}} WCHAR=${{matrix.config.WCHAR_FILES}} STD_FORMAT=${{matrix.config.USE_STD_FORMAT}}
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          cmake -G "${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }}"  -A x64 `
+            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }} `
+            -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_SHARED }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=${{ matrix.config.WCHAR }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=${{ matrix.config.WCHAR_FILES }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_EXAMPLE }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=${{ matrix.config.BUILD_EXAMPLE }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF `
+            -D SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=${{ matrix.config.FATAL_ERRORS }} `
+            -D SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT=${{ matrix.config.USE_STD_FORMAT }} `
+            -D CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD }} ..
+
+      - name: Build
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          cmake --build  . --parallel --config ${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          PATH: ${{ env.PATH }};${{ github.workspace }}\build\_deps\catch2-build\src\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }};${{ github.workspace }}\build\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}
+        run: |
+          build\tests\${{ matrix.config.BUILD_TYPE }}\spdlog-utests.exe