pydantic-rpc vs time

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	pydantic-rpc by i2y	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 74	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM Tools	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	3 mo ago	this month

pydantic-rpc · Summary

PydanticRPC rapidly exposes Pydantic models as gRPC, ConnectRPC, and MCP services without protobuf files.

time · Summary

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

pydantic-rpc · Use cases

Building AI services with tools exposed through MCP protocol
Creating gRPC services without writing protobuf files
Developing HTTP-based RPC services using Connect-RPC

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

pydantic-rpc · Install

Install PydanticRPC via pip:

pip install pydantic-rpc

For CLI support:

pip install pydantic-rpc-cli

To use in Claude Desktop, add to config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pydantic-rpc": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "pydantic_rpc.server"],
      "env": {
        "PYDANTIC_RPC_PACKAGE_NAME": "my.services"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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