time vs restheart

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	time by modelcontextprotocol	restheart by SoftInstigate
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 875
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	54
Official	✓	—
Categories	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication	DatabaseAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Java
Last commit	this month	this month

time · Summary

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

restheart · Summary

RESTHeart is a MongoDB backend that provides a native MCP server for AI agents to access data via REST and GraphQL APIs.

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

restheart · Use cases

AI agent backends for accessing MongoDB data via MCP
API development without boilerplate code
Real-time applications with WebSocket and SSE
Legacy modernization by adding modern APIs to existing MongoDB databases

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"]
    }
  }
}

restheart · Install

Quick Start Options

**Option 1 — RESTHeart Cloud (no install)** Sign up for the fully managed service at [cloud.restheart.com](https://cloud.restheart.com/signup)

**Option 2 — Docker Compose (local)**

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SoftInstigate/restheart/master/docker-compose.yml --output docker-compose.yml && docker compose up --attach restheart

Default credentials: admin / secret

**Option 3 — Native Executables** Download prebuilt binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows from [docs/native-executables.md](https://github.com/SoftInstigate/restheart/blob/master/docs/native-executables.md)

**Claude Desktop Setup** In Claude Desktop settings, add a custom connector with context URL: https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart/

**Claude Code Setup**

claude mcp add --transport http sophia-restheart https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart

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