arbor vs time

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	arbor by Anandb71	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 117	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	49	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

arbor · Summary

A graph-native code intelligence tool with 10 MCP tools for analyzing code dependencies and impact.

time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

arbor · Use cases

Analyzing code impact before refactoring
Finding all callers and callees of a function
Blocking PRs with high architectural blast radius in CI/CD
Exploring code structure and dependencies visually

time · Use cases

Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

arbor · Install

Installation

CLI Installation

# Rust / Cargo
cargo install arbor-graph-cli

# Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install Anandb71/tap/arbor

# Scoop (Windows)
scoop bucket add arbor https://github.com/Anandb71/arbor
scoop install arbor

# Docker
docker pull ghcr.io/anandb71/arbor:latest

MCP Integration

claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope project arbor -- arbor bridge
claude mcp list

Initialize a Project

cd your-project
arbor setup

Usage

# See what a function impacts
arbor refactor <symbol-name>

# Check impact of uncommitted changes
arbor diff

# Launch GUI
arbor gui

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}

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