3 free, open-source set-it-and-forget-it apps you need to set up this weekend (July 31–Aug 2)

There’s a category of apps that quietly run in the background, doing their jobs and making your life easier. You set them up once, configure them the way you want, and then forget about them as they keep working behind the scenes, quietly paying dividends. Here are three free and open source (FOSS) apps that fit that set-it-and-forget-it philosophy. You can set up all three in a single Saturday afternoon, and they’ll continue working in the background for weeks and months to come.