#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
#define ull unsigned long long
#define REP(a,b) for(int a=0;a<(b);++a)
#define REP1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<=(n);++i)
#define debug(x) cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<'\n'
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()
#define YES() printf("YES\n")
#define NO() printf("NO\n")
#define isYES(x) printf("%s\n",(x) ? "YES" : "NO")
#define Yes() printf("Yes\n")
#define No() printf("No\n")
#define isYes(x) printf("%s\n",(x) ? "Yes" : "No")
#define isPossible(x) printf("%s\n",(x) ? "Possible" : "Impossible")
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define INF (1<<29)

// const long long INF = 1LL<<50;

#define Sp(p) cout<<setprecision(25)<< fixed<<p<<endl
#define vi vector<int>
#define vl vector<ll>
#define vii vector< vector<int> >
#define vll vector< vector<ll> >
#define vs vector<string>
#define pii pair<int,int>
#define pis pair<int,string>
#define psi pair<string,int>
#define pll pair<ll,ll>
#define pie 3.14159265358979323846
using namespace std;
typedef pair<int, int> P;
typedef pair<ll, ll> LP;
typedef pair<int, P> PP;
typedef pair<ll, LP> LPP;
template<class T=int>
T in(){T x;cin>>x;return (x);}
template<class T>
void print(T& x){cout<<x<<'\n';}

const int MOD =(int)1e9+7;
// const int mod =(int)998244353;
const int mod =(int)1e9+7;

const int MAX =510000;
ll fac[MAX],finv[MAX],inv[MAX];
void COMint(){
    fac[0]=fac[1]=1;
    finv[0]=finv[1]=1;
    inv[1]=1;
    for(int i=2;i<MAX;i++){
        fac[i]=fac[i-1]*i%MOD;
        inv[i]=MOD-inv[MOD%i]*(MOD/i)%MOD;
        finv[i]=finv[i-1]*inv[i]%MOD;
    }
}
ll COM(int n,int k){
    if(n<k) return 0;
    if(n<0||k<0)return 0;
    return fac[n]*(finv[k]*finv[n-k]%MOD)%MOD;
}
ll gcd(ll a,ll b){
    if(a<0)a=-a;
    if(b<0)b=-b;
    if(b==0)return a;
    if(a>b){
        swap(a,b);
    }
    return gcd(a,b%a);
}
ll lcm(ll a,ll b){
  if(a<0)a=-a;
  if(b<0)b=-b;
    ll g;g=gcd(a,b);
    return b/g*a;
}
bool compare_by_b(pair<int, int> a, pair<int, int> b) {
    if(a.second != b.second){
        return a.second < b.second;
    }else{
        return a.first < b.first;
    }
}
bool compare_by_a(pair<int, int> a, pair<int, int> b) {
    if(a.first != b.first){
        return a.first < b.first;
    }else{
        return a.second < b.second;
    }
}
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
    if (a > b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
 struct UnionFind{
     vi d;
     UnionFind(int n):d(n,-1){};
     int deb(int x){
         return d[x];
     }
     int root(int x){
         if(d[x]<0)return x;
         return d[x]=root(d[x]);
     }
     int unite(int x,int y){
         x=root(x);y=root(y);
         if(d[x]>d[y])swap(x,y);
         d[x]+=d[y];
         d[y]=x;
         return true;
     }
     bool same(int x,int y){return root(x)==root(y);}
     int size(int x){return -d[root(x)];}
 };
//int N, M, K, T, H, W, L, R;
long long int N, M, K, T, H, W, L, R;
int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int N,M;
    cin>>N>>M;
    UnionFind uf(N);
    int ans=1;
    REP(i,M){
        int a,b;
        cin>>a>>b;
        a--;b--;
        if(!uf.same(a,b))uf.unite(a,b);
        ans=max(ans,uf.size(a));
    }
    cout<<ans<<endl;
    return 0;
} 
 

Measured memory_bytes: 4068