paperbanana vs time

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	paperbanana by llmsresearch	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 1,549	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	54	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsProductivityDeveloper Tools	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

paperbanana · Summary

PaperBanana is an MCP server that generates academic diagrams and research visuals from text descriptions.

time · Summary

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

paperbanana · Use cases

Generate academic diagrams for research papers directly from IDE
Automatically create statistical plots from research data
Create batch diagrams from a single manifest file

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

paperbanana · Install

Install the package first:

pip install paperbanana

For MCP server integration, add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "paperbanana.mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-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"]
    }
  }
}

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