diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analyzers.yml b/.github/workflows/static-analyzers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1069ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-analyzers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Static Analyzers
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  cpplint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: helics/buildenv:cpplint
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Run cpplint
+      run: cpplint --counting=detailed --recursive gmlc/utilities tests
+  cppcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: helics/buildenv:cppcheck2
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Run cppcheck
+      run: cppcheck --enable=performance,portability --language=c++ --suppressions-list=config/cppcheck_suppressions.txt --error-exitcode=-4 -i gmlc/extra -i orig_code -i scripts -i config .
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diff --git a/config/cppcheck_suppressions.txt b/config/cppcheck_suppressions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b98ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cppcheck_suppressions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#unusedFunction:units/x12_conv.cpp:1024
+arrayIndexOutOfBounds:gmlc/utilities/dpcomp.cpp
diff --git a/gmlc/utilities/main.c b/gmlc/utilities/main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 22d3230..0000000
--- a/gmlc/utilities/main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright (c) 2017-2019,
-Battelle Memorial Institute; Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC; Alliance
-for Sustainable Energy, LLC.  See the top-level NOTICE for additional details.
-All rights reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-*/
-
-/* Created by Anjuta version 1.2.4 */
-/*    This file will not be overwritten */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "namecmp.h"
-
-int main()
-{
-    FILE *fp;
-    char n1[100];
-    char n2[100];
-    float score;
-    gencharcomp();
-    if ((fp = fopen("testfile.txt", "r")) == NULL)
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open name file\n");
-        exit(-1);
-    }
-    fgets(n1, 99, fp);
-    fgets(n2, 99, fp);
-    n1[strlen(n1) - 1] = '\0';
-    n2[strlen(n2) - 1] = '\0';
-    printf("name 1 = \"%s\", name 2 = \"%s\"\n\n", n1, n2);
-    // score=dp_comp(n1,n2);
-    // printf("\nscore=%f\n",score);
-
-    score = jaro_winkler_comp(n1, n2);
-    printf("Jaro-Winkler score= %f\n", score);
-    printf("edit distance=%d\n", edit_distace(n1, n2));
-    score = SW_comp(n1, n2);
-    printf("\nscore=%f\n", score);
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/gmlc/utilities/string_viewConversion.h b/gmlc/utilities/string_viewConversion.h
index a533b72..14e0355 100644
--- a/gmlc/utilities/string_viewConversion.h
+++ b/gmlc/utilities/string_viewConversion.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace gmlc {
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ namespace utilities {
     template<>
     inline long double numConv(string_view V)
     {
-        return std::stold(std::string(V.data(),V.length()));
+        return std::stold(std::string(V.data(), V.length()));
     }
 
     // template for numeric conversion returning the position
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ namespace utilities {
         try {
             return numConv<X>(V);
         }
-        catch (std::invalid_argument) {
+        catch (const std::invalid_argument&) {
             return defValue;
         }
     }
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ namespace utilities {
             }
             return res;
         }
-        catch (std::invalid_argument) {
+        catch (const std::invalid_argument&) {
             return defValue;
         }
     }
diff --git a/gmlc/utilities/string_viewDef.h b/gmlc/utilities/string_viewDef.h
index 87a7f75..ffdcd46 100644
--- a/gmlc/utilities/string_viewDef.h
+++ b/gmlc/utilities/string_viewDef.h
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ All rights reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 namespace gmlc {
 namespace utilities {
     using string_view = std::string_view;
-}
+}  // namespace utilities
 }  // namespace gmlc
 #elif defined(USE_BOOST_STRING_VIEW)
 #include "boost/utility/string_view.hpp"
 namespace gmlc {
 namespace utilities {
     using string_view = boost::string_view;
-}
+}  // namespace utilities
 }  // namespace gmlc
 #else
 #include <gmlc/extra/string_view.hpp>
diff --git a/gmlc/utilities/timeStringOps.hpp b/gmlc/utilities/timeStringOps.hpp
index 9f66c03..093b0a6 100644
--- a/gmlc/utilities/timeStringOps.hpp
+++ b/gmlc/utilities/timeStringOps.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ for example "1.234"  or "1032ms"
 @throws invalid_argument if the string is not a valid time
 */
     template<class timeX>
-    timeX loadTimeFromString(std::string timeString, time_units defUnit)
+    timeX loadTimeFromString(const std::string& timeString, time_units defUnit)
     {
         return timeX(getTimeValue(timeString, defUnit));
     }