diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 65642b5..777ac93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: windows
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  CXXFLAGS: /WX /W3 /wd4251
+  CXXFLAGS: /WX /W3 /wd4244
 
 jobs:
   cmake:
diff --git a/include/tmp/file b/include/tmp/file
index 9f802d0..0482b71 100644
--- a/include/tmp/file
+++ b/include/tmp/file
@@ -64,29 +64,30 @@ extern "C++" file_native_handle get_native_handle(std::FILE* file) noexcept;
 ///     }
 ///   }
 /// @endcode
-class file : public std::iostream {
+template<class charT, class traits = std::char_traits<charT>>
+class basic_file : public std::basic_iostream<charT, traits> {
 public:
   /// Implementation-defined handle type to the file
   using native_handle_type = file_native_handle;
 
   /// Creates and opens a binary temporary file as if by POSIX `tmpfile`
   /// @throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error if cannot create a file
-  explicit file()
-      : std::iostream(std::addressof(sb)),
+  explicit basic_file()
+      : std::basic_iostream<charT, traits>(std::addressof(sb)),
         underlying(create_file(), &std::fclose),
         sb(open_filebuf(underlying.get())) {}
 
-  file(const file&) = delete;
-  file& operator=(const file&) = delete;
+  basic_file(const basic_file&) = delete;
+  basic_file& operator=(const basic_file&) = delete;
 
   /// Moves the ownership of the file managed by `other` to a new handle
   /// @note After the move, `other` is not associated with a file
   /// @param other Another file that will be moved from
-  file(file&& other) noexcept
-      : std::iostream(std::move(other)),
+  basic_file(basic_file&& other) noexcept
+      : std::basic_iostream<charT, traits>(std::move(other)),
         underlying(std::move(other.underlying)),
         sb(std::move(other.sb)) {
-    set_rdbuf(std::addressof(sb));
+    std::basic_iostream<charT, traits>::set_rdbuf(std::addressof(sb));
   }
 
   /// Deletes and closes the managed temporary file, then moves the ownership
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public:
   /// @note After the assignment, `other` is not associated with a file
   /// @param other Another file that will be moved from
   /// @returns `*this`
-  file& operator=(file&& other) = default;
+  basic_file& operator=(basic_file&& other) = default;
 
   /// Returns an implementation-defined handle to this file
   /// @returns The underlying implementation-defined handle
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   /// Closes and deletes this file
-  ~file() noexcept override = default;
+  ~basic_file() noexcept override = default;
 
 private:
   /// The underlying C file stream
@@ -111,10 +112,10 @@ private:
 
 #ifdef __GLIBCXX__
   /// The underlying raw file device object
-  mutable __gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf<char> sb;
+  mutable __gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf<charT, traits> sb;
 #else
   /// The underlying raw file device object
-  std::filebuf sb;
+  std::basic_filebuf<charT, traits> sb;
 #endif
 
   /// Returns a file device for the given file stream
@@ -122,13 +123,14 @@ private:
   /// @returns The new file device
   /// @throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error if cannot open the file stream
   decltype(sb) open_filebuf(std::FILE* file) {
+    constexpr auto mode = std::ios::binary | std::ios::in | std::ios::out;
     decltype(sb) sb;
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-    sb = std::filebuf(file);
+    sb = std::basic_filebuf<charT, traits>(file);
 #elif defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
-    sb.__open(get_native_handle(file), binary | in | out);
+    sb.__open(get_native_handle(file), mode);
 #else
-    sb = __gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf<char>(file, binary | in | out);
+    sb = __gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf<charT, traits>(file, mode);
 #endif
 
     if (!sb.is_open()) {
@@ -140,6 +142,9 @@ private:
     return sb;
   }
 };
+
+using file = basic_file<char>;
+using wfile = basic_file<wchar_t>;
 }    // namespace tmp
 
 #endif    // TMP_FILE_H
diff --git a/tests/file.cpp b/tests/file.cpp
index b43db10..e17c940 100644
--- a/tests/file.cpp
+++ b/tests/file.cpp
@@ -25,54 +25,79 @@
 namespace tmp {
 namespace {
 
-/// Returns whether the underlying raw file device object is open
-bool is_open(const file& file) {
-  std::filebuf* filebuf = dynamic_cast<std::filebuf*>(file.rdbuf());
-  return filebuf != nullptr && filebuf->is_open();
-}
+/// Test fixture for `basic_file` tests
+template<class charT> class file : public testing::Test {
+public:
+  /// Returns whether the file device object is open
+  bool is_open(const std::basic_streambuf<charT>* streambuf) {
+    auto filebuf = dynamic_cast<const std::basic_filebuf<charT>*>(streambuf);
+    return filebuf != nullptr && filebuf->is_open();
+  }
 
-/// Checks if the given file handle is valid
-/// @param handle handle to check
-/// @returns whether the handle is valid
-bool is_open(file::native_handle_type handle) {
+  /// Returns whether the given file handle is open
+  bool is_open(typename basic_file<charT>::native_handle_type handle) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION info;
-  return GetFileInformationByHandle(handle, &info);
+    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION info;
+    return GetFileInformationByHandle(handle, &info);
 #else
-  return fcntl(handle, F_GETFD) != -1;
+    return fcntl(handle, F_GETFD) != -1;
 #endif
-}
+  }
+
+  /// Converts the string to the `charT` string type
+  constexpr std::basic_string<charT> convert_string(std::string_view string) {
+    std::basic_string<charT> result;
+
+    for (char character : string) {
+      result += static_cast<charT>(character);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+};
+
+/// Name generator for typed test suite
+struct name_generator {
+  template<typename T> static std::string GetName(int) {
+    return typeid(T).name();
+  }
+};
+
+using char_types = testing::Types<char, wchar_t>;
+TYPED_TEST_SUITE(file, char_types, name_generator);
 
 /// Tests file type traits and member types
-TEST(file, type_traits) {
-  using traits = std::char_traits<char>;
-
-  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<std::basic_iostream<char>, file>);
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<file::char_type, char>);
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<file::traits_type, traits>);
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<file::int_type, traits::int_type>);
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<file::pos_type, traits::pos_type>);
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<file::off_type, traits::off_type>);
+TYPED_TEST(file, type_traits) {
+  using traits = std::char_traits<TypeParam>;
+  using file_t = basic_file<TypeParam>;
+  using testing::StaticAssertTypeEq;
+
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<std::basic_iostream<TypeParam>, file_t>);
+  StaticAssertTypeEq<typename file_t::char_type, TypeParam>();
+  StaticAssertTypeEq<typename file_t::traits_type, traits>();
+  StaticAssertTypeEq<typename file_t::int_type, typename traits::int_type>();
+  StaticAssertTypeEq<typename file_t::pos_type, typename traits::pos_type>();
+  StaticAssertTypeEq<typename file_t::off_type, typename traits::off_type>();
 }
 
 /// Tests file creation
-TEST(file, create) {
-  file tmpfile = file();
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(tmpfile));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(tmpfile.native_handle()));
+TYPED_TEST(file, create) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> tmpfile = basic_file<TypeParam>();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(tmpfile.rdbuf()));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(tmpfile.native_handle()));
 }
 
 /// Tests multiple file creation
-TEST(file, create_multiple) {
-  file fst = file();
-  file snd = file();
+TYPED_TEST(file, create_multiple) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> fst = basic_file<TypeParam>();
+  basic_file<TypeParam> snd = basic_file<TypeParam>();
 
   EXPECT_NE(fst.native_handle(), snd.native_handle());
 }
 
 /// Tests file open mode
-TEST(file, openmode) {
-  file tmpfile = file();
+TYPED_TEST(file, openmode) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> tmpfile = basic_file<TypeParam>();
   tmpfile << "Hello, World!" << std::flush;
   tmpfile.seekg(0);
   tmpfile << "Goodbye!" << std::flush;
@@ -83,72 +108,72 @@ TEST(file, openmode) {
 }
 
 /// Tests that destructor removes a file
-TEST(file, destructor) {
-  file::native_handle_type handle;
+TYPED_TEST(file, destructor) {
+  typename basic_file<TypeParam>::native_handle_type handle;
 
   {
-    file tmpfile = file();
+    basic_file<TypeParam> tmpfile = basic_file<TypeParam>();
     handle = tmpfile.native_handle();
   }
 
-  EXPECT_FALSE(is_open(handle));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(TestFixture::is_open(handle));
 }
 
 /// Tests file move constructor
-TEST(file, move_constructor) {
-  file fst = file();
+TYPED_TEST(file, move_constructor) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> fst = basic_file<TypeParam>();
   fst << "Hello!";
 
-  file snd = file(std::move(fst));
+  basic_file<TypeParam> snd = basic_file<TypeParam>(std::move(fst));
 
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(snd));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(snd.rdbuf()));
 
   snd.seekg(0);
-  std::string content;
+  std::basic_string<TypeParam> content;
   snd >> content;
-  EXPECT_EQ(content, "Hello!");
+  EXPECT_EQ(content, TestFixture::convert_string("Hello!"));
 }
 
 /// Tests file move assignment operator
-TEST(file, move_assignment) {
-  file fst = file();
+TYPED_TEST(file, move_assignment) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> fst = basic_file<TypeParam>();
 
   {
-    file snd = file();
+    basic_file<TypeParam> snd = basic_file<TypeParam>();
     snd << "Hello!";
 
-    file::native_handle_type fst_handle = fst.native_handle();
-    file::native_handle_type snd_handle = snd.native_handle();
+    typename decltype(fst)::native_handle_type fst_handle = fst.native_handle();
+    typename decltype(snd)::native_handle_type snd_handle = snd.native_handle();
 
     fst = std::move(snd);
 
-    EXPECT_FALSE(is_open(fst_handle));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(snd_handle));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(TestFixture::is_open(fst_handle));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(snd_handle));
     EXPECT_EQ(fst.native_handle(), snd_handle);
   }
 
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(fst));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(fst.rdbuf()));
 
   fst.seekg(0);
-  std::string content;
+  std::basic_string<TypeParam> content;
   fst >> content;
-  EXPECT_EQ(content, "Hello!");
+  EXPECT_EQ(content, TestFixture::convert_string("Hello!"));
 }
 
 /// Tests file swapping
-TEST(file, swap) {
-  file fst = file();
-  file snd = file();
+TYPED_TEST(file, swap) {
+  basic_file<TypeParam> fst = basic_file<TypeParam>();
+  basic_file<TypeParam> snd = basic_file<TypeParam>();
 
-  file::native_handle_type fst_handle = fst.native_handle();
-  file::native_handle_type snd_handle = snd.native_handle();
+  typename decltype(fst)::native_handle_type fst_handle = fst.native_handle();
+  typename decltype(snd)::native_handle_type snd_handle = snd.native_handle();
 
   std::swap(fst, snd);
 
   EXPECT_EQ(fst.native_handle(), snd_handle);
   EXPECT_EQ(snd.native_handle(), fst_handle);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(fst));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(is_open(snd));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(fst.rdbuf()));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestFixture::is_open(snd.rdbuf()));
 }
 }    // namespace
 }    // namespace tmp