### BUGGY CODE ###

from heapq import heappush, heappop, heapify
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
import itertools
from itertools import permutations, combinations, accumulate, product, combinations_with_replacement
import sys
import bisect
import string
import math
import time


def I(): return int(input())
def S(): return input()
def MI(): return map(int, input().split())
def MS(): return map(str, input().split())
def LI(): return [int(i) for i in input().split()]
def LI_(): return [int(i)-1 for i in input().split()]
def StoI(): return [ord(i)-97 for i in input()]
def ItoS(nn): return chr(nn+97)
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
def list2d(a, b, c): return [[c] * b for i in range(a)]
def list3d(a, b, c, d): return [[[d] * c for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def list4d(a, b, c, d, e): return [[[[e] * d for j in range(c)] for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def print_matrix(mat):
    for i in range(len(mat)):
        print(*['IINF' if v == IINF else "{:0=4}".format(v) for v in mat[i]])


yn = {False: 'No', True: 'Yes'}
YN = {False: 'NO', True: 'YES'}
MOD = 10**9+7
inf = float('inf')
IINF = 10**19
l_alp = string.ascii_lowercase
u_alp = string.ascii_uppercase
ts = time.time()
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**6)
nums = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
show_flg = False
# show_flg = True

class UnionFind(object):
    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()),


def main():
    N, M = MI()
    uf = UnionFind(N)

    for i in range(M):
        a, b = MI()
        uf.union(a-1, b-1)

    ret = [len(i) for i in uf.all_group_members().values()]

    print(max(ret))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


### FIXED CODE ###

from heapq import heappush, heappop, heapify
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
import itertools
from itertools import permutations, combinations, accumulate, product, combinations_with_replacement
import sys
import bisect
import string
import math
import time


def I(): return int(input())
def S(): return input()
def MI(): return map(int, input().split())
def MS(): return map(str, input().split())
def LI(): return [int(i) for i in input().split()]
def LI_(): return [int(i)-1 for i in input().split()]
def StoI(): return [ord(i)-97 for i in input()]
def ItoS(nn): return chr(nn+97)
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
def list2d(a, b, c): return [[c] * b for i in range(a)]
def list3d(a, b, c, d): return [[[d] * c for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def list4d(a, b, c, d, e): return [[[[e] * d for j in range(c)] for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def print_matrix(mat):
    for i in range(len(mat)):
        print(*['IINF' if v == IINF else "{:0=4}".format(v) for v in mat[i]])


yn = {False: 'No', True: 'Yes'}
YN = {False: 'NO', True: 'YES'}
MOD = 10**9+7
inf = float('inf')
IINF = 10**19
l_alp = string.ascii_lowercase
u_alp = string.ascii_uppercase
ts = time.time()
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**6)
nums = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
show_flg = False
# show_flg = True

class UnionFind(object):
    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()),


def main():
    N, M = MI()
    uf = UnionFind(N)

    for i in range(M):
        a, b = MI()
        uf.union(a-1, b-1)

    ret = [uf.size(i) for i in uf.roots()]

    print(max(ret))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()