# Original solution
import sys
## io ##
def IS(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
def II(): return int(IS())
def MII(): return list(map(int, IS().split()))
def MIIZ(): return list([x-1 for x in MII()])

class UnionFind():
    def __init__(self, n):
        self.n = n
        self.parents = [-1] * n
    def find(self, x):
        if self.parents[x] < 0: return x
        else:
            self.parents[x] = self.find(self.parents[x])
            return self.parents[x]
    def union(self, x, y):
        x = self.find(x)
        y = self.find(y)
        if x == y: return
        if self.parents[x] > self.parents[y]:
            x, y = y, x
        self.parents[x] += self.parents[y]
        self.parents[y] = x
    def size(self, x):
        return -self.parents[self.find(x)]
    def same(self, x, y):
        return self.find(x) == self.find(y)
    def members(self, x):
        root = self.find(x)
        return [i for i in range(self.n) if self.find(i) == root]
    def roots(self):
        return [i for i, x in enumerate(self.parents) if x < 0]
    def group_count(self):
        return len(self.roots())
    def all_group_members(self):
        return {r: self.members(r) for r in self.roots()}
    def count_member_nums(self):
        return [len(self.members(r)) for r in self.roots()]
    def __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join('{}: {}'.format(r, self.members(r)) for r in self.roots())
#======================================================#

def main():
    n, m = MII()
    group = [MIIZ() for _ in range(m)]
    uf = UnionFind(n)
    for a, b in group:
        uf.union(a, b)
    print((max(uf.count_member_nums())))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

# Optimized solution
import sys
## io ##
def IS(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
def II(): return int(IS())
def MII(): return list(map(int, IS().split()))
def MIIZ(): return list([x-1 for x in MII()])

class UnionFind():
    def __init__(self, n):
        self.n = n
        self.parents = [-1] * n
    def find(self, x):
        if self.parents[x] < 0: return x
        else:
            self.parents[x] = self.find(self.parents[x])
            return self.parents[x]
    def union(self, x, y):
        x = self.find(x)
        y = self.find(y)
        if x == y: return
        if self.parents[x] > self.parents[y]:
            x, y = y, x
        self.parents[x] += self.parents[y]
        self.parents[y] = x
    def size(self, x):
        return -self.parents[self.find(x)]
    def same(self, x, y):
        return self.find(x) == self.find(y)
    def members(self, x):
        root = self.find(x)
        return [i for i in range(self.n) if self.find(i) == root]
    def roots(self):
        return [i for i, x in enumerate(self.parents) if x < 0]
    def group_count(self):
        return len(self.roots())
    def all_group_members(self):
        return {r: self.members(r) for r in self.roots()}
    def count_member_nums(self):
        return [len(self.members(r)) for r in self.roots()]
    def __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join('{}: {}'.format(r, self.members(r)) for r in self.roots())
#======================================================#

def main():
    n, m = MII()
    group = [MIIZ() for _ in range(m)]
    uf = UnionFind(n)
    for a, b in group:
        uf.union(a, b)
    print((abs(sorted(uf.parents)[0])))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()