diff --git a/packages/builder/src/builderStore/store/screenTemplates/utils/commonComponents.js b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/store/screenTemplates/utils/commonComponents.js
index 9176d535ab..cc8c5ef712 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/builderStore/store/screenTemplates/utils/commonComponents.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/store/screenTemplates/utils/commonComponents.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ const fieldTypeToComponentMap = {
   attachment: "attachmentfield",
   link: "relationshipfield",
   json: "jsonfield",
+  code: "codescanner",
 }
 
 export function makeDatasourceFormComponents(datasource) {
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
index 21059b32dd..d9993539ce 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
     } else {
       return [
         FIELDS.STRING,
+        FIELDS.CODE,
         FIELDS.LONGFORM,
         FIELDS.OPTIONS,
         FIELDS.DATETIME,
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/TableNavigator/TableDataImport.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/TableNavigator/TableDataImport.svelte
index 774aac0677..2b53a75152 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/TableNavigator/TableDataImport.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/TableNavigator/TableDataImport.svelte
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
       label: "Multi-select",
       value: FIELDS.ARRAY.type,
     },
+    {
+      label: "Code",
+      value: FIELDS.CODE.type,
+    },
   ]
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/componentSettings.js b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/componentSettings.js
index 56ae3de490..21dbeb4beb 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/componentSettings.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/componentSettings.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const componentMap = {
   "field/link": FormFieldSelect,
   "field/array": FormFieldSelect,
   "field/json": FormFieldSelect,
+  "field/code": FormFieldSelect,
   // Some validation types are the same as others, so not all types are
   // explicitly listed here. e.g. options uses string validation
   "validation/string": ValidationEditor,
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FormFieldSelect.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FormFieldSelect.svelte
index 1f08c56ff5..48e8213ee1 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FormFieldSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FormFieldSelect.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     let entries = Object.entries(schema ?? {})
 
     let types = []
-    if (type === "field/options") {
+    if ((type === "field/options", type === "field/code")) {
       // allow options to be used on both options and string fields
       types = [type, "field/string"]
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
index 28ce35d9f7..bd2d5bc4e3 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ export const FIELDS = {
       presence: false,
     },
   },
+  CODE: {
+    name: "Code",
+    type: "code",
+    constraints: {
+      type: "string",
+      length: {},
+      presence: false,
+    },
+  },
   LONGFORM: {
     name: "Long Form Text",
     type: "longform",
@@ -148,6 +157,7 @@ export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [
   FIELDS.STRING,
   FIELDS.OPTIONS,
   FIELDS.LONGFORM,
+  FIELDS.CODE,
 ]
 export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS.map(
   opt => opt.type
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/components/[componentId]/new/_components/componentStructure.json b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/components/[componentId]/new/_components/componentStructure.json
index 671637f381..be17dbe868 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/components/[componentId]/new/_components/componentStructure.json
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/components/[componentId]/new/_components/componentStructure.json
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
       "relationshipfield",
       "datetimefield",
       "multifieldselect",
-      "s3upload"
+      "s3upload",
+      "codescanner"
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/packages/client/manifest.json b/packages/client/manifest.json
index b6d4941e4c..5ccb31409d 100644
--- a/packages/client/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/client/manifest.json
@@ -3157,6 +3157,42 @@
       }
     ]
   },
+  "codescanner": {
+    "name": "Code Scanner",
+    "icon": "Camera",
+    "styles": [
+      "size"
+    ],
+    "draggable": true,
+    "illegalChildren": [
+      "section"
+    ],
+    "settings": [
+      {
+        "type": "text",
+        "label": "Label",
+        "key": "label",
+        "defaultValue": true
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "field/code",
+        "label": "Field",
+        "key": "field",
+        "required": true
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "label": "Disabled",
+        "key": "disabled",
+        "defaultValue": false
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "validation/string",
+        "label": "Validation",
+        "key": "validation"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "embeddedmap": {
     "name": "Embedded Map",
     "icon": "Location",
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 1e2049ac27..aa8c6da1ea 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "apexcharts": "^3.22.1",
     "dayjs": "^1.10.5",
     "downloadjs": "1.4.7",
+    "html5-qrcode": "^2.2.1",
     "leaflet": "^1.7.1",
     "regexparam": "^1.3.0",
     "sanitize-html": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/CodeScanner.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/CodeScanner.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7203b30aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/CodeScanner.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<script>
+  import { ModalContent, Modal, Select } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Input, Button, StatusLight } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Html5Qrcode } from "html5-qrcode"
+
+  export let code = ""
+
+  let videoEle
+  let camModal
+  let manualMode = false
+  let enabled = false
+  let cameraInit = false
+  let html5QrCode
+  let cameraId
+  let cameraDevices = []
+  let selectedCam
+
+  const checkCamera = async () => {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      Html5Qrcode.getCameras()
+        .then(devices => {
+          if (devices && devices.length) {
+            cameraDevices = devices
+            cameraId = devices[0].id
+            resolve({ enabled: true })
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          resolve({ enabled: false })
+        })
+    })
+  }
+
+  $: if (enabled && videoEle && !cameraInit) {
+    html5QrCode = new Html5Qrcode("reader")
+    html5QrCode
+      .start(
+        cameraId,
+        {
+          fps: 25,
+          qrbox: { width: 250, height: 250 },
+        },
+        (decodedText, decodedResult) => {
+          code = decodedText
+          console.log(decodedText, decodedResult)
+        }
+      )
+      .catch(err => {
+        console.log("There was a problem scanning the image", err)
+      })
+  }
+
+  const showReaderModal = async () => {
+    camModal.show()
+    const camStatus = await checkCamera()
+    enabled = camStatus.enabled
+  }
+
+  const hideReaderModal = async () => {
+    camModal.hide()
+    await html5QrCode.stop()
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div class="scanner-video-wrapper">
+  {#if code}
+    <div class="scanner-value">
+      <StatusLight positive />
+      {code}
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+  <Button primary icon="Camera" on:click={showReaderModal}>Scan Code</Button>
+</div>
+
+<div class="modal-wrap">
+  <Select
+    on:change={e => console.log(e)}
+    value={selectedCam}
+    options={cameraDevices}
+    getOptionLabel={() => cameraDevices}
+  />
+
+  <Modal bind:this={camModal} on:hide={hideReaderModal}>
+    <ModalContent
+      title="Scan Code"
+      showCancelButton={false}
+      showConfirmButton={false}
+    >
+      <div id="reader" bind:this={videoEle} />
+      <div class="code-wrap">
+        {#if manualMode}
+          <Input label="Enter" bind:value={code} />
+        {/if}
+        {#if code}
+          <div class="scanner-value">
+            <StatusLight positive />
+            {code}
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+        {#if !code && enabled && videoEle && cameraInit}
+          <div class="scanner-value">
+            <StatusLight neutral />
+            Searching for code...
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+      </div>
+      <div slot="footer">
+        <div class="footer-buttons">
+          <Button
+            group
+            secondary
+            newStyles
+            on:click={() => {
+              manualMode = !manualMode
+            }}
+          >
+            Enter Manually
+          </Button>
+
+          <Button group cta disabled={!code}>Confirm</Button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </ModalContent>
+  </Modal>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .footer-buttons {
+    display: flex;
+    grid-area: buttonGroup;
+    gap: var(--spectrum-global-dimension-static-size-200);
+  }
+  .scanner-value {
+    padding-top: var(
+      --spectrum-fieldlabel-side-m-padding-top,
+      var(--spectrum-global-dimension-size-100)
+    );
+    display: flex;
+    margin-bottom: var(--spacing-m);
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/CodeScannerField.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/CodeScannerField.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..034e6eacce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/CodeScannerField.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<script>
+  import Field from "./Field.svelte"
+  import CodeScanner from "../CodeScanner.svelte"
+
+  export let field
+  export let label
+  export let type = "code"
+  export let disabled = false
+  export let validation
+  export let defaultValue = ""
+  export let onChange
+
+  let fieldState
+  let fieldApi
+
+  let scannedCode
+  let loaded = false
+
+  const handleInput = () => {
+    const changed = fieldApi.setValue(scannedCode)
+    if (onChange && changed) {
+      onChange({ value: scannedCode })
+    }
+  }
+
+  $: if (!loaded && !scannedCode && fieldState?.value) {
+    scannedCode = fieldState.value + ""
+    loaded = true
+  }
+
+  /*
+    QR    Nimiq has rollup issues?
+    QR    qrcodejs 12b bundle?
+            https://github.com/davidshimjs/qrcodejs
+    BOTH  html5-qrcode has a 330k bundle
+            https://github.com/mebjas/html5-qrcode
+    BOTH  zxing 360k bundle size
+            https://github.com/zxing-js/library
+  */
+</script>
+
+<Field
+  {label}
+  {field}
+  {disabled}
+  {validation}
+  {defaultValue}
+  {type}
+  bind:fieldState
+  bind:fieldApi
+>
+  {#if fieldState}
+    <CodeScanner bind:code={scannedCode} on:input={handleInput} />
+  {/if}
+</Field>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/index.js b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/index.js
index 0ff82cea94..44c1516885 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/index.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/index.js
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ export { default as passwordfield } from "./PasswordField.svelte"
 export { default as formstep } from "./FormStep.svelte"
 export { default as jsonfield } from "./JSONField.svelte"
 export { default as s3upload } from "./S3Upload.svelte"
+export { default as codescanner } from "./CodeScannerField.svelte"
diff --git a/packages/client/src/constants.js b/packages/client/src/constants.js
index 51ef3fd124..9bd6d27bb0 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/constants.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export const FieldTypes = {
   STRING: "string",
+  CODE: "code",
   LONGFORM: "longform",
   OPTIONS: "options",
   NUMBER: "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
index c002c10f7b..ef15711cb7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ exports.NoEmptyFilterStrings = [
 
 exports.FieldTypes = {
   STRING: "string",
+  CODE: "code",
   LONGFORM: "longform",
   OPTIONS: "options",
   NUMBER: "number",
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ exports.CanSwitchTypes = [
     exports.FieldTypes.STRING,
     exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
     exports.FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+    exports.FieldTypes.CODE,
   ],
   [exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN, exports.FieldTypes.NUMBER],
 ]
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
index af561e81c5..4626297ddc 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function generateSchema(
       case FieldTypes.STRING:
       case FieldTypes.OPTIONS:
       case FieldTypes.LONGFORM:
+      case FieldTypes.CODE:
         schema.text(key)
         break
       case FieldTypes.NUMBER:
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/csvParser.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/csvParser.js
index 8f9b3373c9..7eba0493eb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/csvParser.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/csvParser.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { FieldTypes } = require("../constants")
 const VALIDATORS = {
   [FieldTypes.STRING]: () => true,
   [FieldTypes.OPTIONS]: () => true,
+  [FieldTypes.CODE]: () => true,
   [FieldTypes.NUMBER]: attribute => {
     // allow not to be present
     if (!attribute) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
index e4c364eaf3..55b1c09538 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ const TYPE_TRANSFORM_MAP = {
     [null]: "",
     [undefined]: undefined,
   },
+  [FieldTypes.CODE]: {
+    "": "",
+    [null]: "",
+    [undefined]: undefined,
+  },
   [FieldTypes.FORMULA]: {
     "": "",
     [null]: "",
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
index d01d636b86..c76ea376b6 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export enum QueryType {
 
 export enum DatasourceFieldType {
   STRING = "string",
+  CODE = "code",
   LONGFORM = "longForm",
   BOOLEAN = "boolean",
   NUMBER = "number",