diff --git a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91d63d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: cppcheck static analyser
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Ubuntu Latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y cppcheck
+    - name: Checkout ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+    - run: mkdir build
+    - run: cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DSQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY=OFF -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=OFF -DSQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK=ON ..
+      working-directory: build
+    - run: cmake --build ./build/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml b/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..125b83dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: cpplint C++ linter
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Ubuntu Latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+    - run: mkdir build
+    - run: cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DSQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY=OFF -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=OFF -DSQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT=ON ..
+      working-directory: build
+    - run: cmake --build ./build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af1f2517..82d148b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,8 +210,12 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INCLUDE_SCRIPT)
     source_group(scripts FILES ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
 endif()
 
-# add sources of the wrapper as a "SQLiteCpp" static library
-add_library(SQLiteCpp ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC} ${SQLITECPP_DOC} ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
+# Build the "SQLiteCpp" wrapper as a static library
+option(SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY "Build SQLiteCpp wrapper as a library." ON)
+if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+    # Note: add doc and script files to display them in the Visual Studio solution
+    add_library(SQLiteCpp ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC} ${SQLITECPP_DOC} ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
+endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
 
 # Options relative to SQLite and SQLiteC++ functions
 
@@ -255,9 +259,11 @@ if (SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION)
     target_compile_definitions(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION)
 endif (SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION)
 
-if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
-    set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
-endif (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
+if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+    if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
+        set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
+    endif (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
+endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
 
 option(SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN "Use Address Sanitizer." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN)
@@ -276,16 +282,18 @@ if (SQLITECPP_USE_GCOV)
     set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fkeep-inline-functions -fkeep-static-functions")
 endif ()
 
-## Build provided copy of SQLite3 C library ##
+## Build the SQLite3 C library, or link to the installed one
 
 option(SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE "Add the internal SQLite3 source to the project." ON)
 if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
-    message(STATUS "Compile sqlite3 from source in subdirectory")
-    option(SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE "Enable RTree extension when building internal sqlite3 library." OFF)
-    option(SQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB "Enable DBSTAT read-only eponymous virtual table extension when building internal sqlite3 library." OFF)
-    # build the SQLite3 C library (for ease of use/compatibility) versus Linux sqlite3-dev package
-    add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
+    if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+        message(STATUS "Compile sqlite3 from source in subdirectory")
+        option(SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE "Enable RTree extension when building internal sqlite3 library." OFF)
+        option(SQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB "Enable DBSTAT read-only eponymous virtual table extension when building internal sqlite3 library." OFF)
+        # build the SQLite3 C library (for ease of use/compatibility) versus Linux sqlite3-dev package
+        add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
+        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
+    endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
 else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     # When using the SQLite codec, we need to link against the sqlcipher lib & include <sqlcipher/sqlite3.h>
     # So this gets the lib & header, and links/includes everything
@@ -349,48 +357,52 @@ if (SQLITECPP_DISABLE_EXPANDED_SQL)
 endif (SQLITECPP_DISABLE_EXPANDED_SQL)
 
 # Link target with pthread and dl for Unix
-if (UNIX)
+if (UNIX AND SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
     set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-endif (UNIX)
+endif ()
 
 # Set includes for target and transitive downstream targets
 
-target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp
-  PUBLIC
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)
+if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+    target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp
+      PUBLIC
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+        $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)
+endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
 
 # Allow the library to be installed via "make install" and found with "find_package"
 
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-install(TARGETS SQLiteCpp
-    EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    COMPONENT libraries)
-install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} COMPONENT headers FILES_MATCHING REGEX ".*\\.(hpp|h)$")
-install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
-install(FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/package.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
-
-include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
-write_basic_package_version_file(
-    cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
-    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
-configure_package_config_file(
-    cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
-    cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
-    INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
-install(FILES
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
+if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+    include(GNUInstallDirs)
+    install(TARGETS SQLiteCpp
+        EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        COMPONENT libraries)
+    install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} COMPONENT headers FILES_MATCHING REGEX ".*\\.(hpp|h)$")
+    install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
+    install(FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/package.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+    include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+    write_basic_package_version_file(
+        cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+        VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+        COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
+    configure_package_config_file(
+        cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
+        cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
+        INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
+    install(FILES
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
 
 # Optional additional targets:
 
-option(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT "Run cpplint.py tool for Google C++ StyleGuide." ON)
+option(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT "Run cpplint.py tool for Google C++ StyleGuide." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT)
     # The minimum version of CMAKE is 3.5, but as of 3.12 the PythonInterp package is deprecated.
     if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12.0") 
@@ -398,35 +410,35 @@ if (SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT)
         if (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
             # add a cpplint target to the "all" target
             add_custom_target(SQLiteCpp_cpplint
-            ALL
-            COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpplint.py ${CPPLINT_ARG_OUTPUT} ${CPPLINT_ARG_VERBOSE} ${CPPLINT_ARG_LINELENGTH} ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC}
+             ALL
+             COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpplint.py ${CPPLINT_ARG_OUTPUT} ${CPPLINT_ARG_VERBOSE} ${CPPLINT_ARG_LINELENGTH} ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC}
             )
         endif (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
     else()
         find_package(Python)
-        if (PYTHON_INTERPRETER_FOUND)
+        if (Python_Interpreter_FOUND)
             # add a cpplint target to the "all" target
             add_custom_target(SQLiteCpp_cpplint
-            ALL
-            COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpplint.py ${CPPLINT_ARG_OUTPUT} ${CPPLINT_ARG_VERBOSE} ${CPPLINT_ARG_LINELENGTH} ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC}
+             ALL
+             COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpplint.py ${CPPLINT_ARG_OUTPUT} ${CPPLINT_ARG_VERBOSE} ${CPPLINT_ARG_LINELENGTH} ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC}
             )
-        endif (PYTHON_INTERPRETER_FOUND)
+        endif (Python_Interpreter_FOUND)
     endif()
 else (SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT)
     message(STATUS "SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT OFF")
 endif (SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT)
 
-option(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK "Run cppcheck C++ static analysis tool." ON)
+option(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK "Run cppcheck C++ static analysis tool." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK)
     find_program(CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE NAMES cppcheck)
     if (CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE)
         # add a cppcheck target to the "all" target
         add_custom_target(SQLiteCpp_cppcheck
          ALL
-         COMMAND ${CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE} -j 8 cppcheck --enable=style --quiet ${CPPCHECK_ARG_TEMPLATE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+         COMMAND ${CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE} -j 8 cppcheck --enable=style --quiet ${CPPCHECK_ARG_TEMPLATE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src --error-exitcode=2
         )
         execute_process(COMMAND "${CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE}" --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPPCHECK_VERSION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-        message(STATUS "Found Cppcheck: ${CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE} ${CPPCHECK_VERSION}")
+        message(STATUS "Found Cppcheck: ${CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE} (found version ${CPPCHECK_VERSION})")
     else (CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE)
         message(STATUS "Could NOT find cppcheck")
     endif (CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE)
@@ -516,4 +528,6 @@ else (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
 endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 # API version for SQLiteCpp shared library.
-set_property(TARGET SQLiteCpp PROPERTY SOVERSION 0)
+if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
+    set_property(TARGET SQLiteCpp PROPERTY SOVERSION 0)
+endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/cpplint.py b/cpplint.py
index 8fecfa99..91b6cc51 100755
--- a/cpplint.py
+++ b/cpplint.py
@@ -47,11 +47,19 @@
 import math  # for log
 import os
 import re
-import sre_compile
 import string
 import sys
 import unicodedata
 
+# sre_compile will be/has been removed in Python 3.13
+# use re._compiler instead
+# Refs: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/105456
+# Refs: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91308
+try:
+    srecompile = re._compiler.compile
+except AttributeError:
+    import sre_compile
+    srecompile = sre_compile.compile
 
 try:
     xrange(0,1)
@@ -506,7 +514,7 @@ def Match(pattern, s):
   # performance reasons; factoring it out into a separate function turns out
   # to be noticeably expensive.
   if pattern not in _regexp_compile_cache:
-    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = sre_compile.compile(pattern)
+    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = srecompile(pattern)
   return _regexp_compile_cache[pattern].match(s)
 
 
@@ -524,14 +532,14 @@ def ReplaceAll(pattern, rep, s):
     string with replacements made (or original string if no replacements)
   """
   if pattern not in _regexp_compile_cache:
-    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = sre_compile.compile(pattern)
+    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = srecompile(pattern)
   return _regexp_compile_cache[pattern].sub(rep, s)
 
 
 def Search(pattern, s):
   """Searches the string for the pattern, caching the compiled regexp."""
   if pattern not in _regexp_compile_cache:
-    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = sre_compile.compile(pattern)
+    _regexp_compile_cache[pattern] = srecompile(pattern)
   return _regexp_compile_cache[pattern].search(s)
 
 
@@ -879,7 +887,7 @@ def RepositoryName(self):
     If we have a real absolute path name here we can try to do something smart:
     detecting the root of the checkout and truncating /path/to/checkout from
     the name so that we get header guards that don't include things like
-    "C:\Documents and Settings\..." or "/home/username/..." in them and thus
+    "C:/Documents and Settings/..." or "/home/username/..." in them and thus
     people on different computers who have checked the source out to different
     locations won't see bogus errors.
     """
@@ -2707,7 +2715,7 @@ def CheckSpacing(filename, clean_lines, linenum, nesting_state, error):
   line = clean_lines.elided[linenum]  # get rid of comments and strings
 
   # Don't try to do spacing checks for operator methods
-  line = re.sub(r'operator(==|!=|<|<<|<=|>=|>>|>)\(', 'operator\(', line)
+  line = re.sub(r'operator(==|!=|<|<<|<=|>=|>>|>)\(', r'operator\(', line)
 
   # We allow no-spaces around = within an if: "if ( (a=Foo()) == 0 )".
   # Otherwise not.  Note we only check for non-spaces on *both* sides;
@@ -2909,8 +2917,8 @@ def CheckSpacing(filename, clean_lines, linenum, nesting_state, error):
 
   # In range-based for, we wanted spaces before and after the colon, but
   # not around "::" tokens that might appear.
-  if (Search('for *\(.*[^:]:[^: ]', line) or
-      Search('for *\(.*[^: ]:[^:]', line)):
+  if (Search(r'for *\(.*[^:]:[^: ]', line) or
+      Search(r'for *\(.*[^: ]:[^:]', line)):
     error(filename, linenum, 'whitespace/forcolon', 2,
           'Missing space around colon in range-based for loop')
 
@@ -4799,8 +4807,8 @@ def main():
     ProcessFile(filename, _cpplint_state.verbose_level)
   _cpplint_state.PrintErrorCounts()
 
-  # SRombauts: do not break build for cpplint style warnings
-  #sys.exit(_cpplint_state.error_count > 0)
+  # SRombauts: break the build for cpplint style warnings
+  sys.exit(_cpplint_state.error_count > 0)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':