diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index cb03ae8..eaf3878 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: 'false'
   AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: 'No'
   BreakBeforeBraces: Attach
+  BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeComma # this is important
   ColumnLimit: '100'
   ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: 'true'
   IncludeBlocks: Regroup
diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99002c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Tobias Schmidl
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+---
+Checks: >
+  bugprone-*,
+  cert-*,
+  clang-analyzer-*,
+  cppcoreguidelines-*,
+  llvm-*,
+  -llvm-header-guard,
+  misc-*,
+  modernize-*,
+  performance-,
+  readability-*
+HeaderFilterRegex: ''
+ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex: ''
+CheckOptions:
+  cert-dcl16-c.NewSuffixes: 'L;LL;LU;LLU'
+  cert-err33-c.AllowCastToVoid: true
+  cert-err33-c.CheckedFunctions: '^::aligned_alloc;^::asctime_s;^::at_quick_exit;^::atexit;^::bsearch;^::bsearch_s;^::btowc;^::c16rtomb;^::c32rtomb;^::calloc;^::clock;^::cnd_broadcast;^::cnd_init;^::cnd_signal;^::cnd_timedwait;^::cnd_wait;^::ctime_s;^::fclose;^::fflush;^::fgetc;^::fgetpos;^::fgets;^::fgetwc;^::fopen;^::fopen_s;^::fprintf;^::fprintf_s;^::fputc;^::fputs;^::fputwc;^::fputws;^::fread;^::freopen;^::freopen_s;^::fscanf;^::fscanf_s;^::fseek;^::fsetpos;^::ftell;^::fwprintf;^::fwprintf_s;^::fwrite;^::fwscanf;^::fwscanf_s;^::getc;^::getchar;^::getenv;^::getenv_s;^::gets_s;^::getwc;^::getwchar;^::gmtime;^::gmtime_s;^::localtime;^::localtime_s;^::malloc;^::mbrtoc16;^::mbrtoc32;^::mbsrtowcs;^::mbsrtowcs_s;^::mbstowcs;^::mbstowcs_s;^::memchr;^::mktime;^::mtx_init;^::mtx_lock;^::mtx_timedlock;^::mtx_trylock;^::mtx_unlock;^::printf_s;^::putc;^::putwc;^::raise;^::realloc;^::remove;^::rename;^::scanf;^::scanf_s;^::setlocale;^::setvbuf;^::signal;^::snprintf;^::snprintf_s;^::sprintf;^::sprintf_s;^::sscanf;^::sscanf_s;^::strchr;^::strerror_s;^::strftime;^::strpbrk;^::strrchr;^::strstr;^::strtod;^::strtof;^::strtoimax;^::strtok;^::strtok_s;^::strtol;^::strtold;^::strtoll;^::strtoul;^::strtoull;^::strtoumax;^::strxfrm;^::swprintf;^::swprintf_s;^::swscanf;^::swscanf_s;^::thrd_create;^::thrd_detach;^::thrd_join;^::thrd_sleep;^::time;^::timespec_get;^::tmpfile;^::tmpfile_s;^::tmpnam;^::tmpnam_s;^::tss_create;^::tss_get;^::tss_set;^::ungetc;^::ungetwc;^::vfprintf;^::vfprintf_s;^::vfscanf;^::vfscanf_s;^::vfwprintf;^::vfwprintf_s;^::vfwscanf;^::vfwscanf_s;^::vprintf_s;^::vscanf;^::vscanf_s;^::vsnprintf;^::vsnprintf_s;^::vsprintf;^::vsprintf_s;^::vsscanf;^::vsscanf_s;^::vswprintf;^::vswprintf_s;^::vswscanf;^::vswscanf_s;^::vwprintf_s;^::vwscanf;^::vwscanf_s;^::wcrtomb;^::wcschr;^::wcsftime;^::wcspbrk;^::wcsrchr;^::wcsrtombs;^::wcsrtombs_s;^::wcsstr;^::wcstod;^::wcstof;^::wcstoimax;^::wcstok;^::wcstok_s;^::wcstol;^::wcstold;^::wcstoll;^::wcstombs;^::wcstombs_s;^::wcstoul;^::wcstoull;^::wcstoumax;^::wcsxfrm;^::wctob;^::wctrans;^::wctype;^::wmemchr;^::wprintf_s;^::wscanf;^::wscanf_s;'
+  cert-oop54-cpp.WarnOnlyIfThisHasSuspiciousField: false
+  cert-str34-c.DiagnoseSignedUnsignedCharComparisons: false
+  cppcoreguidelines-non-private-member-variables-in-classes.IgnoreClassesWithAllMemberVariablesBeingPublic: true
+  google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines: 1
+  google-readability-function-size.StatementThreshold: 800
+  google-readability-namespace-comments.ShortNamespaceLines: 10
+  google-readability-namespace-comments.SpacesBeforeComments: 2
+  llvm-else-after-return.WarnOnConditionVariables: false
+  llvm-else-after-return.WarnOnUnfixable: false
+  llvm-qualified-auto.AddConstToQualified: false
+SystemHeaders: false
+...
+
diff --git a/.clangd b/.clangd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49fc38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clangd
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Tobias Schmidl
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+CompileFlags:
+    CompilationDatabase: "build"
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d54a4f4..6ace428 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /build*
 /.vscode
 /cpm_modules
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+/compile_commands.json
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd48229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Tobias Schmidl
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+---
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v6.0.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: check-yaml
+  - id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - id: check-merge-conflict
+  - id: check-byte-order-marker
+- repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
+  rev: '3.4.0'
+  hooks:
+  - id: editorconfig-checker
+    alias: ec
+    stages: [pre-commit]
+- repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
+  rev: v0.11.0.1
+  hooks:
+  - id: shellcheck
+- repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
+  rev: v0.45.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: markdownlint
+- repo: https://github.com/cheshirekow/cmake-format-precommit
+  rev: v0.6.13
+  hooks:
+  - id: cmake-format
+  - id: cmake-lint
+- repo: https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-hooks
+  rev: v1.0.1
+  hooks:
+    - id: clang-format
+    - id: clang-tidy
+      args: ['-p', 'os-core-flightrecorderrt-cpp/build']
+