### BUGGY CODE ###

import sys
import heapq
import math
import fractions
import bisect
import itertools
from collections import Counter
from collections import deque
from operator import itemgetter
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def mp(): return map(int,input().split())
def lmp(): return list(map(int,input().split()))

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())


n,m=mp()
uf = UnionFind(n+1)
for i in range(m):
    a,b=mp()
    uf.union(a,b)
ans=0
for i in list(uf.all_group_members().values()):
    ans=max(ans,len(i))
print(ans)

### FIXED CODE ###

import sys
import heapq
import math
import fractions
import bisect
import itertools
from collections import Counter
from collections import deque
from operator import itemgetter
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def mp(): return map(int,input().split())
def lmp(): return list(map(int,input().split()))

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())


n,m=mp()
uf = UnionFind(n+1)
for i in range(m):
    a,b=mp()
    uf.union(a,b)
ans=0
for i in range(n+1):
    ans=max(ans,uf.size(i))
print(ans)