#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace std;
using bint = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;
using ll = long long;
using pint = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define repSE(i,s,n) for (int i = (s); i < (n); i++)
#define rrepSE(i,s,e) for (int i = (s); i > (e); i--)
#define ssort(v) sort(v.begin(), v.end())
#define gsort(v) sort(v.rbegin(), v.rend())
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec){ for (auto &v : vec) is >> v; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec){ os << "["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const deque<T> &vec){ os << "deq["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> &pa){ os << "(" << pa.first << "," << pa.second << ")"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> bool chmax(T &m, const T q) { if (m < q) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
template<typename T> bool chmin(T &m, const T q) { if (q < m) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
const int dx[4] = { 1,0, -1,0 }, dy[4] = { 0,1,0,-1 };
const int dx2[8] = { 1,1,0,-1,-1,-1,0,1 }, dy2[8] = { 0,1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1 };
#define DEBUG(x) cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<endl;
#define DEBUG_VEC(v) cerr<<#v<<":";for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++) cerr<<" "<<v[i]; cerr<<endl

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> d;
    UnionFind(int n=0): d(n,-1) {}
    int find(int x) {
        if (d[x] < 0) return x;
        return d[x] = find(d[x]);
    }
    bool unite(int x, int y) {
        x = find(x); y = find(y);
        if (x == y) return false;
        if (d[x] > d[y]) swap(x,y);
        d[x] += d[y];
        d[y] = x;
        return true;
    }
    bool same(int x, int y) {return find(x) == find(y);}
    int size(int x) {return -d[find(x)];}
};

const int MX = 100100100;

int main()
{
    int n, m;
    cin >> n >> m;
    UnionFind uf(n);
    rep(i,m) {
        int a, b;
        cin >> a >> b;
        a--; b--;
        uf.unite(a,b);
    }
    int ans = 0;
    rep(i,n) {
        int ngr = uf.size(i);
        chmax(ans, ngr);
    }
    cout << ans << "\n";
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4012