Freight Volume Calculator vs TimeBase
Freight Volume Calculator is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). TimeBase is an MCP server published by epam. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  Freight Volume Calculator |  TimeBase |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.6 Downloads/month (PyPI): 548 Downloads/week (PyPI): 233 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.7 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 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 | Freight Volume Calculator | TimeBase |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 8 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (timebase-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 15, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 6 | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/freight-vol-calculator | github.com/epam/timebase-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
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
Freight Volume Calculator
Freight volume arithmetic from a product's external dimensions — retrieves and cross-checks dimensions from a supplier listing, then pallet quantity across 11 pallet standards, container loads palletised or floor-loaded for 20 ft / 40 ft / HC / reefer / 13.6 m trailer with stated buffers and payload limits, master-carton permutations ranked by units per container, and freight cost per unit from rates you supply. Reproduces published trade figures; holds no rate data and makes no network call.
TimeBase
Explore and query TimeBase streams, schemas, QQL, symbols, and server status via MCP.
How to run each
Freight Volume Calculator As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install freight-vol-calculator@danielrosehillTimeBase As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "TIMEBASE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_TIMEBASE_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio timebase-mcp -- uvx --from "timebase-mcp[all]" timebase-mcpRequires: TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), TIMEBASE_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Freight Volume Calculator publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Freight Volume Calculator · What it can do: TimeBase · Compare two other plugins
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