sift-gateway vs time

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

	sift-gateway by lourencomaciel	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 29	★ 85,748
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Score	46	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOps & Infra	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

sift-gateway · Summary

Sift is a reliability gateway for MCP and CLI tools that stores artifacts and returns schema-stable JSON outputs.

time · Summary

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

sift-gateway · Use cases

Handling large paginated API responses in MCP workflows
Redacting sensitive data from tool outputs
Ensuring consistent schema across different MCP server responses
Querying stored artifacts with Python code for complex analysis
Improving accuracy while reducing context token usage

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

sift-gateway · Install

pipx install sift-gateway
sift-gateway init --from claude

For Claude Desktop, add to the config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sift": {
      "command": "sift-gateway",
      "args": ["serve"],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/sift"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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