time vs github-brain

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

	time by modelcontextprotocol	github-brain by wham
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 75
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	46
Official	✓	—
Categories	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication	GitHubDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Go
Last commit	this month	3 mo ago

time · Summary

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

github-brain · Summary

GitHub Brain MCP server summarizes GitHub discussions, issues, and PRs with local database for fast responses.

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

github-brain · Use cases

Summarizing GitHub discussions and pull requests for team meetings
Analyzing user contributions in a specific time period
Creating efficient reports on GitHub activities without hitting API limits

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"]
    }
  }
}

github-brain · Install

npm i -g github-brain

Or with npx:

npx github-brain@latest

MCP Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to Claude MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-brain": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "github-brain",
      "args": ["mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ORGANIZATION": "your-org"
      }
    }
}

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