golf vs time

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

	golf by golf-mcp	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 824	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	55	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOps & Infra	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

golf · Summary

Production-ready MCP server framework for building, deploying and scaling secure AI agent infrastructure with authentication, observability, and debugging capabilities.

time · Summary

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

golf · Use cases

Building production-ready MCP servers with minimal boilerplate code
Implementing secure AI agents with enterprise-grade authentication
Creating scalable agent infrastructure with built-in observability and debugging

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

golf · Install

Installation

Install Golf using pip:

pip install golf-mcp

Initialize a new project:

golf init your-project-name

Run the development server:

cd your-project-name
golf build dev
golf run

For Claude Desktop integration, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "golf": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "golf.cli", "run"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

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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