time vs Remote-MCP

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	time by modelcontextprotocol	Remote-MCP by ssut
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Score	77	41
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Categories	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	14 mo ago

time · Summary

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

Remote-MCP · Summary

Type-safe remote MCP communication solution enabling centralized management of model contexts.

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

Remote-MCP · Use cases

Centralized management of multiple MCP servers from a single client
Remote access to MCP tools across different networks
Creating distributed MCP architectures for scalable AI applications

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"]
    }
  }
}

Remote-MCP · Install

Installation

Client Installation

npm install @remote-mcp/client @trpc/client@next zod

Server Installation

npm install @remote-mcp/server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@remote-mcp/client"],
      "env": {
        "REMOTE_MCP_URL": "http://localhost:9512",
        "HTTP_HEADER_Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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