loki-mcp vs time

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	loki-mcp by grafana	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 141	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	51	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	MonitoringDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

loki-mcp · Summary

A production-ready MCP server for querying Grafana Loki logs with comprehensive documentation and multiple deployment options.

time · Summary

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

loki-mcp · Use cases

Enable AI assistants to query logs across systems during debugging sessions
Integrate log querying capabilities into AI-powered monitoring workflows
Provide natural language access to Loki logs for non-technical team members

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

loki-mcp · Install

Installation

Building from Source

go build -o loki-mcp-server ./cmd/server
./loki-mcp-server

Using Docker

docker build -t loki-mcp-server .
docker run --rm -i loki-mcp-server

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lokiserver": {
      "command": "/path/to/loki-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "LOKI_URL": "http://localhost:3100",
        "LOKI_ORG_ID": "your-org-id"
      },
      "autoApprove": ["loki_query"]
    }
  }
}

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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