# 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.
