time vs context-harness
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
time by modelcontextprotocol | context-harness by parallax-labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 85,748 | ★ 36 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 77 | 44 |
| Official | ✓ | — |
| Categories | ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication | Developer ToolsFile SystemAI / LLM ToolsProductivity |
| Language | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last commit | this month | 3 mo ago |
time · Summary
A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.
context-harness · Summary
Local-first context ingestion and retrieval framework with SQLite, embeddings, and MCP server for AI tools like Cursor and Claude.
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
context-harness · Use cases
- Building personal knowledge bases from local documents and code repositories
- Enabling AI assistants to access company documentation via MCP integration
- Creating searchable archives of Git repositories with automatic sync
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"]
}
}
}context-harness · Install
Installation
**Pre-built binaries** (recommended):
# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/parallax-labs/context-harness/releases/latest/download/ctx-macos-aarch64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv ctx /usr/local/bin/
# Linux (x86_64)
curl -L https://github.com/parallax-labs/context-harness/releases/latest/download/ctx-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv ctx /usr/local/bin/**MCP Configuration for Claude Desktop:**
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"context-harness": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:7331/mcp"
}
}
}**Start MCP Server:**
ctx serve mcp