# GitLab CI/CD for external repositories **[PREMIUM]**
NOTE: **Note:**
To [promote its release](https://about.gitlab.com/2018/03/22/gitlab-10-6-released/#gitlab-cicd-for-external-repos), GitLab.com users are receiving this feature for free through March 22, 2019.
This feature [is available for free](https://about.gitlab.com/2019/03/21/six-more-months-ci-cd-github/) to
GitLab.com users until September 22nd, 2019.
>[Introduced][ee-4642] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 10.6.
GitLab CI/CD can be used with GitHub or any other Git server.
Instead of moving your entire project to GitLab, you can connect your
external repository to get the benefits of GitLab CI/CD.
external repository to get the benefits of GitLab CI/CD.