MCP Catalogs
Home

time vs tiger-cli

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

time
by modelcontextprotocol
tiger-cli
by timescale
Stars★ 85,748★ 108
30d uses
Score7749
Official
Categories
ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
DatabaseDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis monththis month

time · Summary

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

tiger-cli · Summary

Command-line interface for Tiger Cloud with MCP server for AI assistants to manage Postgres services and execute queries.

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

tiger-cli · Use cases

  • AI assistants like Claude Code managing PostgreSQL services through Tiger Cloud
  • Developers executing SQL queries on remote databases via MCP integration
  • Automating database service lifecycle operations with AI coding tools

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"]
    }
  }
}

tiger-cli · Install

Installation

Install Tiger CLI using one of the following methods:

Script (macOS/Linux/WSL)

curl -fsSL https://cli.tigerdata.com | sh

Windows

irm https://cli.tigerdata.com/install.ps1 | iex

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install --cask timescale/tap/tiger-cli

MCP Server Setup

After installing Tiger CLI, authenticate and install the MCP server:

tiger auth login
tiger mcp install

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "tiger",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "start"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Comparison generated from public README + GitHub signals. Last updated automatically.