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# Build your application **(FREE)**

Add your source code to a repository, create merge requests to check in
code, and use CI/CD to generate your application. Include packages in your app and output it to a variety of environments.

- [Repositories](../user/project/repository/index.md)
- [Merge requests](../user/project/merge_requests/index.md)
- [CI/CD](../ci/index.md)
- [Packages & Registries](../user/packages/index.md)
- [Application infrastructure](../user/infrastructure/index.md)
