diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-update-script.yml b/.github/workflows/run-update-script.yml
index ac06e4e..6ddfed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-update-script.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-update-script.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ jobs:
           cd clang-format/build/linux
           ./build-docker-linux.sh
 
+      - name: Update cppcheck
+        run: |
+          cd cppcheck/build/linux
+          ./build-cppcheck-linux.sh
+
       - name: Git Auto Commit
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4.9.1
         with:
@@ -38,6 +43,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./clang-format/build/windows/build-clang-format.bat
 
+      - name: Update cppcheck
+        run: |
+          cd cppcheck/build/windows
+          ./build-cppcheck.bat
+
       - name: Git Auto Commit
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4.9.1
         with:
@@ -58,6 +68,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./clang-format/build/mac/build-clang-format-mac.sh
 
+      - name: Update cppcheck
+        run: |
+          cd cppcheck/build/mac
+          ./build-cppcheck-mac.sh
+
       - name: Git Auto Commit
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4.9.1
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index d5c83a7..042ef0b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@
     entry: ./clang-format/bin/clang-format-hook
     language: script
     files: \.(c|cc|cxx|cpp|h|tcc)$
+
+-   id: cppcheck
+    name: cppcheck
+    description: Ensure files are cppcheck compliant
+    entry: ./cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-hook
+    language: script
+    files: \.(c|cc|cxx|cpp|h|tcc)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ec6612..9588d0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Custom pre-commit hooks for the pre-commit framework
 The hooks present in this repository are:
 * clang-format (self-contained hook not reliant on clang-format being available externally)
+* Cppcheck (self-contained hook not reliant on cppcheck being available externally)
 
 To use the hooks copy this to your .pre-commit-config.yaml:
 ```yaml
@@ -8,4 +9,5 @@ To use the hooks copy this to your .pre-commit-config.yaml:
     rev: main
     hooks:
     -   id: clang-format
+    -   id: cppcheck
 ```
diff --git a/clang-format/bin/clang-format-darwin b/clang-format/bin/clang-format-darwin
index dcaf92f..9d10fc0 100755
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diff --git a/clang-format/bin/clang-format.exe b/clang-format/bin/clang-format.exe
index 843efb6..4bd0fbb 100644
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diff --git a/clang-format/build/linux/README.md b/clang-format/build/linux/README.md
index 7ff364d..80269ab 100644
--- a/clang-format/build/linux/README.md
+++ b/clang-format/build/linux/README.md
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ This is best built using Docker. Change to this directory and run:
 > build-docker-linux.sh
 ```
 
-The new binary will be placed in `llvm-build/bin`.
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+The new binary will be placed in the bin folder.
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diff --git a/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-darwin b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-darwin
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..20153c4
Binary files /dev/null and b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-darwin differ
diff --git a/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-hook b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5fd1ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-hook
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+pre-commit cppcheck hook
+============================
+
+Runs cppcheck on the given file and exits with a non-zero code if it is a valid cppcheck file
+"""
+# std imports
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+USAGE = 'cppcheck-hook <file> [<file> ...]'
+
+DESCRIPTION = '''
+Runs cppcheck on the given file and exits with a non-zero code if any changes were made.
+'''
+
+if sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
+    CPPCHECK_EXE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cppcheck.exe')
+elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+    CPPCHECK_EXE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cppcheck-linux-64')
+elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
+    CPPCHECK_EXE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cppcheck-darwin')
+else:
+    raise RuntimeError('Unknown platform "{}"'.format(sys.platform))
+
+
+class main:
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=USAGE, description=DESCRIPTION)
+        parser.add_argument('files', nargs='+', help='File to run cppcheck on.')
+        parser.add_argument('suppressions_list', nargs=1, help='File containing paths for ignorable ')
+        parser.add_argument('std', nargs=1, help='The cpp standard to be judged against')
+        self.args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    def main(self):
+        # return non-zero exit code if files will not compliant
+        return 1 if self.cppcheck_all() else 0
+
+    def cppcheck_all(self):
+        invalid = map(self.cppcheck, self.args.files)
+        return any(invalid)
+
+    def cppcheck(self, filepath):
+        return_val = self.run_cppcheck_exe(filepath)
+        pass
+
+    def run_cppcheck_exe(self, filepath):
+        p = subprocess.Popen([CPPCHECK_EXE,
+                              f'--suppressions-list=${self.args.suppressions_list}',
+                              f'--std=${self.args.std}',
+                              '--enable=all',
+                              '--inline-suppr',
+                              '--max-configs=120',
+                              '--quiet',
+                              filepath],
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(stderr)
+        return stdout
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main().main())
diff --git a/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-linux-64 b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck-linux-64
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..33d34d6
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diff --git a/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck.exe b/cppcheck/bin/cppcheck.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..971dddc
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/linux/README.md b/cppcheck/build/linux/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..066fb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/linux/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Build Statically Linked Executable on Linux
+
+Change to this directory and run:
+
+```shell
+> build-cppcheck-linux.sh
+```
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/linux/build-cppcheck-linux.sh b/cppcheck/build/linux/build-cppcheck-linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6e4a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/linux/build-cppcheck-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Compiles Cppcheck
+set -ex
+
+# tarballs
+CPPCHECK=https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/2.3.tar.gz
+TAR_FILE=$(basename ${CPPCHECK})
+
+# extract source
+mkdir cppcheck
+cd cppcheck
+wget --quiet ${CPPCHECK}
+tar --extract --gz --strip-components=1 --file ${TAR_FILE}
+# patch CMakeLists.txt to statically link to libgcc and libstdc++ to clang-format exe
+sed -i -e 's@${CLANG_FORMAT_LIB_DEPS}@${CLANG_FORMAT_LIB_DEPS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++@' CMakeLists.txt
+
+# build
+cd ..
+mkdir cppcheck-build
+cd cppcheck-build
+cmake ../cppcheck \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DBUILD_GUI=OFF \
+    -DHAVE_RULES=OFF \
+    -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=ON
+cmake --build .
+
+# Move binary
+mv bin/cppcheck ../../../bin/cppcheck-linux-64
+cd ..
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -rf cppcheck
+rm -rf ${TAR_FILE}
+rm -rf cppcheck-build
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/mac/README.md b/cppcheck/build/mac/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9524f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/mac/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Build Statically Linked Executable on macOS
+
+Change to this directory and run:
+
+```shell
+> build-cppcheck-mac.sh
+```
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/mac/build-cppcheck-mac.sh b/cppcheck/build/mac/build-cppcheck-mac.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e983ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/mac/build-cppcheck-mac.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Compiles Cppcheck
+set -ex
+
+# tarballs
+CPPCHECK=https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/2.3.tar.gz
+TAR_FILE=$(basename ${CPPCHECK})
+
+# extract source
+mkdir cppcheck
+cd cppcheck
+wget --quiet ${CPPCHECK}
+tar --extract --gz --strip-components=1 --file ${TAR_FILE}
+cd ..
+
+
+# build
+mkdir cppcheck-build
+cd cppcheck-build
+cmake ../cppcheck \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DBUILD_GUI=OFF \
+    -DHAVE_RULES=OFF \
+    -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=ON
+cmake --build .
+
+# Move binary
+mv bin/cppcheck ../../../bin/cppcheck-darwin
+cd ..
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -rf cppcheck
+rm -rf ${TAR_FILE}
+rm -rf cppcheck-build
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/windows/README.md b/cppcheck/build/windows/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78c8242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/windows/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Building Statically Linked Executable on Windows
+
+Requirements:
+  - Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition installed in the standard location
+  - [7-zip](https://www.7-zip.org/download.html) installed in *C:\Program Files\7-Zip*
+
+From the commandline change to this directory and run:
+
+```shell
+> build-clang-format
+```
+
+The new binary will be placed in `llvm-build\bin`.
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diff --git a/cppcheck/build/windows/build-cppcheck.bat b/cppcheck/build/windows/build-cppcheck.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a714c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck/build/windows/build-cppcheck.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+@setlocal enableextensions
+:: build statically linked executable
+
+:: enable VC environment. activates cmake, ninja
+call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 || call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
+:: assume 7z is installed in standard path
+set PATH=C:\Program Files\7-Zip;%PATH%
+set SCRIPTDIR=%~dp0
+set CPPCHECK_URL=https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/2.3.tar.gz
+set CPPCHECK_TGZ=cppcheck.tar.gz
+
+:: sources
+mkdir cppcheck
+cd cppcheck
+curl -L %CPPCHECK_URL% -o %CPPCHECK_TGZ%
+call:extract-tgz %CPPCHECK_TGZ%
+cd ..
+
+:: build
+mkdir cppcheck-build
+cd cppcheck-build
+cmake ^
+    -DBUILD_GUI=OFF ^
+    -DHAVE_RULES=OFF ^
+    -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=ON ^
+  ../cppcheck/cppcheck-2.3
+cmake --build . --config Release
+copy /Y bin\Release\cppcheck.exe ..\..\..\bin\
+
+:: cleanup
+cd ..
+rmdir /S /Q cppcheck
+rmdir /S /Q cppcheck-build
+
+goto:eof
+
+
+:extract-tgz
+:: Using the -J filter on tar directly seems to hang...
+set _tgzfile=%~1
+set _tarfile=%_tgzfile:~0,-3%
+del /Q %_tarfile%
+7z -bb0 x %_tgzfile%
+7z -bb0 x %_tarfile%
+goto:eof
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