Temporal vs Time Doctor
Temporal is an MCP server published by GethosTheWalrus. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Docker MCP Catalog, PyPI (MCP servers)). Time Doctor is an MCP server published by WYRE-AI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-09. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Temporal |  Time Doctor |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:8d5df30a1c6c Forks (GitHub): 19 Pulls (Docker Hub): 42 337 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 66 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 1.12.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 5 561 Downloads/week (PyPI): 2 872 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 66 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.3 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Temporal | Time Doctor |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 66 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 42 337 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 19 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-02 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/temporal) | On your machine (ghcr.io/wyre-ai/timedoctor-mcp:v1.0.3) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 31 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 1 | 5, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gethosthewalrus/temporal-mcp | github.com/wyre-ai/timedoctor-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 8 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-03 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Temporal
Manage Temporal workflows, schedules, namespaces, task queues, and workflow execution history from MCP clients.
Time Doctor
MCP server for Time Doctor's employee time-tracking API — companies, users, projects, and stats.
How to run each
Temporal As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "TEMPORAL_API_KEY=<YOUR_TEMPORAL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio temporal -- docker run -i --rm -e TEMPORAL_API_KEY mcp/temporalRequires: TEMPORAL_API_KEY (secret)
Time Doctor As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "TIMEDOCTOR_EMAIL=<YOUR_TIMEDOCTOR_EMAIL>" --env "TIMEDOCTOR_PASSWORD=<YOUR_TIMEDOCTOR_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio timedoctor-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e TIMEDOCTOR_EMAIL -e TIMEDOCTOR_PASSWORD ghcr.io/wyre-ai/timedoctor-mcp:v1.0.3Requires: TIMEDOCTOR_EMAIL, TIMEDOCTOR_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Time Doctor publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Temporal asks for
TEMPORAL_API_KEY (secret)TEMPORAL_HOSTTEMPORAL_NAMESPACETEMPORAL_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATHTEMPORAL_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATHTEMPORAL_TLS_ENABLED
Only Time Doctor asks for
AUTH_MODELOG_LEVELMCP_TRANSPORTTIMEDOCTOR_EMAILTIMEDOCTOR_PASSWORD (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Temporal · What it can do: Time Doctor · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.