ols4 vs time
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
ols4 by EBISPOT | time by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 89 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 47 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Knowledge GraphDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools | ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication |
| Language | Java | TypeScript |
| Last commit | this month | this month |
ols4 · Summary
EMBL-EBI's Ontology Lookup Service provides an MCP server for biomedical ontologies via REST API.
time · Summary
A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.
ols4 · Use cases
- Biomedical researchers querying ontology terms and relationships
- Bioinformatics tool developers integrating ontology data into applications
- Data standardization projects enforcing controlled vocabularies
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
ols4 · Install
Installation
- **Docker Compose (Recommended)**:
``bash HOST_UID=$(id -u) HOST_GID=$(id -g) docker compose up ``
- **Kubernetes with Helm**:
``bash export KUBECONFIG=<K8S_CONFIG> helm install ols4 <OLS4_DIR>/k8chart/ols4 --set imageTag=dev ``
- **Claude Desktop Configuration**:
Add to your Claude Desktop config.json: ``json { "mcpServers": { "ols": { "command": "curl", "args": ["-s", "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/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"]
}
}
}