### BUGGY CODE ###

# UnionFind
# https://note.nkmk.me/python-union-find/
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 __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join('{}: {}'.format(r, self.members(r)) for r in self.roots())

# print('input >>')
N, M = map(int,(input().split()))
ABs = []
for _ in range(M):
    ABs.append(tuple(map(lambda x:int(x)-1,(input().split()))))

uf = UnionFind(N)
for AB in ABs:
    A, B = AB
    uf.union(A, B)
    
members = uf.all_group_members()

ans = 0
for member in members.values():
    ans = max(ans, len(member))

# print('-----output-----')
print(ans)

### FIXED CODE ###

from collections import Counter

# UnionFind
# https://note.nkmk.me/python-union-find/
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 max_children(self):
        return max([self.size(x) for x in range(self.n)])

    def __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join('{}: {}'.format(r, self.members(r)) for r in self.roots())

# print('input >>')
N, M = map(int,(input().split()))
ABs = []
for _ in range(M):
    ABs.append(tuple(map(lambda x:int(x)-1,(input().split()))))

uf = UnionFind(N)
for AB in ABs:
    A, B = AB
    uf.union(A, B)
    
# print(uf.max_children())
print(uf.max_children())

# print('-----output-----')
# print(ans)