time vs shodan-mcp

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	time by modelcontextprotocol	shodan-mcp by Vorota-ai
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 19
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Score	77	43
Official	✓	—
Categories	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication	SecurityDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	3 mo ago

time · Summary

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

shodan-mcp · Summary

An MCP server providing 20 tools for Shodan reconnaissance, vulnerability intelligence, and DNS analysis.

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

shodan-mcp · Use cases

Security researchers conducting vulnerability reconnaissance
Network administrators monitoring exposed services
Developers investigating dependencies for security issues

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"]
    }
  }
}

shodan-mcp · Install

Docker (recommended)

docker build -t shodan-mcp https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git

Using uv

git clone https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git
cd shodan-mcp
uv sync --all-groups
shodan-mcp

Using pip

git clone https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git
cd shodan-mcp
pip install .
shodan-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "SHODAN_API_KEY", "shodan-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SHODAN_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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