mcp-fantastical and orchard-mcp

These tools are competitors, as both are independent MCP servers designed to manage calendar events and schedules, with "aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-fantastical" specifically targeting Fantastical and "l22-io/orchard-mcp" focusing on Apple Calendar, Mail, and Reminders via native macOS APIs.

mcp-fantastical
48
Emerging
orchard-mcp
23
Experimental
Maintenance 10/25
Adoption 4/25
Maturity 18/25
Community 16/25
Maintenance 13/25
Adoption 1/25
Maturity 9/25
Community 0/25
Stars: 7
Forks: 7
Downloads: —
Commits (30d): 0
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Stars: 1
Forks: —
Downloads: —
Commits (30d): 0
Language: Swift
License: MIT
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About mcp-fantastical

aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-fantastical

MCP server for Fantastical calendar app - create events, view calendar, and manage schedules

Implements AppleScript-based integration with macOS Calendar and Fantastical's URL scheme, enabling natural language event parsing and real-time schedule querying through a native EventKit helper for permission-safe calendar access. Provides six tools covering event creation, schedule viewing, date navigation, and search—designed as an MCP server for Claude Desktop and Claude Code without requiring API keys or external authentication.

About orchard-mcp

l22-io/orchard-mcp

MCP server for Apple Calendar, Mail, and Reminders on macOS using native EventKit and ScriptingBridge

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