MCP vs time
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
MCP by jina-ai | time by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 680 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 54 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | AI / LLM ToolsWeb ScrapingDeveloper Tools | ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 2 mo ago | this month |
MCP · Summary
Jina AI Remote MCP server provides web search, content reading, and AI tools with URL filtering capabilities.
time · Summary
A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.
MCP · Use cases
- Web research and content extraction for academic papers and news articles
- AI-powered document analysis and classification
- Parallel web search for comprehensive information gathering
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
MCP · Install
Installation
For clients supporting remote MCP servers:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://mcp.jina.ai/v1",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}" // optional
}
}
}
}For clients not supporting remote MCP servers yet, use mcp-remote as a proxy:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.jina.ai/v1",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}"
]
}
}
}For Claude Code:
claude mcp add -s user --transport http jina https://mcp.jina.ai/v1 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}"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"]
}
}
}