roam-code vs time

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	roam-code by Cranot	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 461	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	54	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsKnowledge GraphAI / LLM Tools	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

roam-code · Summary

A local codebase intelligence CLI and MCP server that analyzes code structures, dependencies, and patterns to provide actionable insights for developers and AI agents.

time · Summary

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

roam-code · Use cases

Analyzing code changes before committing to identify potential issues
Retrieving relevant code snippets based on natural language queries
Ensuring code quality through automated refactoring safety checks
Detecting algorithmic inefficiencies that might pass tests but fail at scale

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

roam-code · Install

pip install roam-code
cd your-repo/
roam understand

For Claude Desktop, add this to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roam": {
      "command": "roam",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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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