diff --git a/.github/workflows/cdci.yml b/.github/workflows/cdci.yml
index 13652a9..58aee99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cdci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cdci.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Unittests+streamlit
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"] # test only on ubuntu basic tests, but run integration on all platforms
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -51,9 +52,10 @@ jobs:
 
   other-reports:
     name: Integration tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-13", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/src/vuegen/utils/__init__.py b/src/vuegen/utils/__init__.py
index 86c638b..4952d2d 100644
--- a/src/vuegen/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/vuegen/utils/__init__.py
@@ -816,6 +816,23 @@ def get_logger(
     return logger, log_file
 
 
+def strip_unicode(text: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Strip Unicode characters from the given text.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    text : str
+        The input text from which to strip Unicode characters.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        The text with Unicode characters removed.
+    """
+    return "".join(c for c in text if ord(c) < 128)
+
+
 def get_completion_message(report_type: str, config_path: str) -> str:
     """
     Generate a formatted completion message after report generation.