# Original solution
# @oj: atcoder
# @id: hitwanyang
# @email: 296866643@qq.com
# @date: 2020-08-29 22:53
# @url:https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc177/tasks/abc177_d
import sys,os
from io import BytesIO, IOBase
import collections,itertools,bisect,heapq,math,string
from decimal import *
# region fastio

BUFSIZE = 8192

BUFSIZE = 8192
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 7)
class FastIO(IOBase):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.buffer = BytesIO()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
        self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None

    def read(self):
        while True:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            if not b:
                break
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines = 0
        return self.buffer.read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return self.buffer.readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
            self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)


class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
        self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
        self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")


sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")
# ------------------------------
def main():
    n,m=list(map(int,input().split()))
    pairs=[]
    for i in range(m):
        a,b=list(map(int,input().split()))
        temp=[]
        temp.append(a)
        temp.append(b)
        pairs.append(temp)
    fa=[i for i in range(n+1)]
    def find(x):
        if x!=fa[x]:
            fa[x]=find(fa[x])
        return fa[x]
    def union(x,y):
        x = find(x)
        y = find(y)
        if x == y:  
            return
        fa[x] = y
    for (i,j) in pairs:
        union(i,j)
    for (i,j) in pairs:
        union(j,i)
    d=collections.Counter(fa)
    # print (fa)
    sd=sorted(list(d.items()),key=lambda x:x[1])
    # print (sd)
    if len(sd)>0:
        print((sd[-1][1]))
    else:
        print((0))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# Optimized solution
# @oj: atcoder
# @id: hitwanyang
# @email: 296866643@qq.com
# @date: 2020-08-29 22:53
# @url:https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc177/tasks/abc177_d
import sys,os
from io import BytesIO, IOBase
import collections,itertools,bisect,heapq,math,string
from decimal import *
# region fastio

BUFSIZE = 8192

BUFSIZE = 8192
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 7)
class FastIO(IOBase):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.buffer = BytesIO()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
        self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None

    def read(self):
        while True:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            if not b:
                break
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines = 0
        return self.buffer.read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return self.buffer.readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
            self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)


class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
        self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
        self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")


sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")
# ------------------------------
def main():
    n,m=list(map(int,input().split()))
    pairs=[]
    for i in range(m):
        a,b=list(map(int,input().split()))
        temp=[]
        temp.append(a)
        temp.append(b)
        pairs.append(temp)
    fa=[i for i in range(n+1)]
    child=[1]*(n+1)
    def find(x):
        if x!=fa[x]:
            fa[x]=find(fa[x])
        return fa[x]
    def union(x,y):
        x = find(x)
        y = find(y)
        if x == y:  
            return
        fa[x] = y
        child[y]+=child[x]
    for (i,j) in pairs:
        union(i,j)
    # for (i,j) in pairs:
    #     union(j,i)
    # d=collections.Counter(fa)
    # print (child)
    # print (fa)
    print((max(child)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()