diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a6f6e082..b7d56f0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,83 +8,39 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [ created ]
 
-env:
-  REFERENCE_CONFIG: 'Ubuntu gcc13' # configuration used for coverage etc
-
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: "${{ matrix.configurations.name }} | ${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }}"
-    environment: configure coverage
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.configurations.os }}
+    name: "${{ matrix.compiler.cc }} | ${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }}"
+    needs: buildAndPublishDocker
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    container:
+      image: "ghcr.io/fair-acc/gr-digitizers-build-container:latest"
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        configurations:
-          - name: Ubuntu gcc13
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: gcc13
-          - name: Ubuntu Latest clang17
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: clang17
-          - name: Ubuntu Latest emscripten
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: emscripten
+        compiler:
+          - cc: gcc-14
+            cxx: g++-14
+          - cc: clang-18,
+            cxx: clang++-18
+            cmake_flags: "-DCMAKE_LINKER=/usr/bin/clang-17"
+          - cmake_wrapper: emcmake
+            cc: emcc
+            cmake_flags: "-DENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR=${SYSTEM_NODE}"
         cmake-build-type: [ Release, Debug ]
-    env:
-      BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR: build_wrapper_output_directory
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           cache-name: cache-fetchContent-cache
         with:
-          path: ${{runner.workspace}}/build/_deps
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.configurations.compiler }}-${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }}-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}
-
-      - name: Install gcovr
-        # packaged gcovr is too old for gcc13
-        shell: bash
-        if: matrix.configurations.name == env.REFERENCE_CONFIG && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
-        run: |
-          python3 -m pip install gcovr --user --no-warn-script-location
-          gcovr --version
-
-      - name: Install gcc-13
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-13 g++-13 # gcovr # packaged gcovr is too old for gcc13
-          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 110 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-13
-
-      - name: Install clang-17
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'clang17'
-        run: |
-          wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key|sudo apt-key add -
-          sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://apt.llvm.org/jammy/ llvm-toolchain-jammy-17 main'
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt upgrade -y # update clang14 to fix packaging conflicts
-          sudo apt install -y clang-17 libc++-17-dev libc++abi-17-dev
-          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/clang++-17 110
-
-      - name: Install emscripten
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'emscripten'
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          cd
-          git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git
-          cd emsdk
-          # Download and install the latest SDK tools.
-          ./emsdk install releases-bf3c159888633d232c0507f4c76cc156a43c32dc-64bit
-          # Make the "latest" SDK "active" for the current user. (writes .emscripten file)
-          ./emsdk activate releases-bf3c159888633d232c0507f4c76cc156a43c32dc-64bit
-
-      - name: Install sonar-scanner and build-wrapper
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
-        uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-c-cpp@v2
+          path: "/__w/gr-digitizers/build/_deps"
+          key: "${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }}-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}"
 
       - name: "Install timing system dependencies: etherbone"
         if: matrix.configurations.compiler != 'emscripten'
@@ -120,50 +76,58 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y udev libusb-1.0-0-dev libps3000a libps4000a libps5000a libps6000 libps6000a libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev || true # ignore udev errors in post install because of udev in container
 
-      - name: Configure CMake
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler != 'emscripten'
+      - name: Configure
+        if: matrix.compiler.cmake_wrapper == null
         shell: bash
+        env:
+          CC: "${{ matrix.compiler.cc }}"
+          CXX: "${{ matrix.compiler.cxx }}"
+          CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS: "ON"
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B ../build -DENABLE_PICOSCOPE=TRUE -DENABLE_TIMING=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DENABLE_COVERAGE=${{ matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' &&  matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'}}
+          cmake -S . -B ../build -DDISABLE_EXTERNAL_DEPS_WARNINGS=ON -DENABLE_PICOSCOPE=TRUE -DENABLE_TIMING=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DENABLE_COVERAGE=${{ matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc-14' &&  matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'}} ${{ matrix.compiler.cmake_flags }
 
       - name: Configure CMake Emscripten
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'emscripten'
+        if: matrix.compiler.cmake_wrapper == 'emcmake'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          source ~/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
-          emcmake cmake -S . -B ../build -DENABLE_PICOSCOPE=FALSE -DENABLE_TIMING=FALSE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF
+          export SYSTEM_NODE=`which node` # use system node instead of old version distributed with emsdk for threading support
+          $EMSDK_HOME/emsdk activate $EMSDK_VERSION
+          source $EMSDK_HOME/emsdk_env.sh
+          ${{ matrix.compiler.cmake_wrapper }} cmake -S . -B ../build -DDISABLE_EXTERNAL_DEPS_WARNINGS=ON -DENABLE_PICOSCOPE=FALSE -DENABLE_TIMING=FALSE -DENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} ${{ matrix.compiler.cmake_flags }}
 
       - name: Build
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler != 'gcc13' || matrix.cmake-build-type != 'Debug'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          test -f ~/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh && source ~/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
+          test -f $EMSDK_HOME/emsdk_env.sh && source $EMSDK_HOME/emsdk_env.sh
           cmake --build ../build
 
-      - name: Build with Coverage and SonarCube
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
-        shell: bash
-        run: build-wrapper-linux-x86-64 --out-dir ${{ env.BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR }} cmake --build ../build
-
       - name: execute tests
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler != 'gcc13' || matrix.cmake-build-type != 'Debug'
-        working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+        if: matrix.compiler.cc != 'gcc-14' || matrix.cmake-build-type != 'Debug'
         shell: bash
         run: ctest --output-on-failure
 
       - name: execute tests with coverage
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
-        working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+        if: matrix.compiler.cc == 'gcc-14' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
+        env:
+          DISABLE_SENSITIVE_TESTS: 1 # disables tests which are sensitive to execution speed and will not run with instrumented code
         shell: bash
         run: cmake --build . --target coverage
 
+      - name: execute native main binary
+        if: matrix.compiler.cmake_wrapper == null
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./core/src/main
+
+      - name: execute wasm main binary with nodejs
+        if: matrix.compiler.cmake_wrapper != null
+        shell: bash
+        run: node --experimental-wasm-threads ./core/src/main.js
+
       - name: Run sonar-scanner
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
+        if: matrix.compiler.cc == 'gcc-14' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
         shell: bash
         env:
+          SONAR_HOST_URL: https://sonarcloud.io
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          test -f ~/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh && source ~/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
-          sonar-scanner --define sonar.cfamily.build-wrapper-output="${{ env.BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR }}"
-        # Consult https://docs.sonarcloud.io/advanced-setup/ci-based-analysis/sonarscanner-cli/ for more information and options
+        run: sonar-scanner