#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
#include <climits>
#include <cstring>
#include <cassert>


using namespace std;
#define SZ(x) (int)(x.size())
#define REP(i, n) for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
#define FOR(i, a, b) for(int i=a;i<b;++i)
#define RREP(i, n) for(int i=n-1;i>=0;--i)
#define RFOR(i, a, b) for(int i=b-1;i>=a;--i)

#define all(x) begin(x),end(x)
#define dump(x) cerr<<#x<<" = "<<(x)<<endl
#define debug(x) cerr<<#x<<" = "<<(x)<<" (L"<<__LINE__<<")"<< endl;

using ll = long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;
using P = pair<int, int>;
const double eps = 1e-8;
const ll MOD = 1000000007;
const int INF = INT_MAX / 2;
const ll LINF = LLONG_MAX / 2;

template<class T>
bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

template<class T>
bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) {
    if (b < a) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}


template<typename T1, typename T2>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> p) {
    os << p.first << ":" << p.second;
    return os;
}

template<class T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) {
    os << "[";
    REP(i, SZ(v)) {
        if (i) os << ", ";
        os << v[i];
    }
    return os << "]";
}

template<class T1, class T2>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const map<T1, T2> &mp) {
    os << "[";
    for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it) {
        if (it != mp.begin()) {
            os << ", ";
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    return os << "]";
}

// edit

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> par, sz;

    UnionFind(int n) : par(n), sz(n, 1) {
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) par[i] = i;
    }

    int root(int x) {
        if (par[x] == x) return x;
        return par[x] = root(par[x]);
    }

    void merge(int x, int y) {
        x = root(x);
        y = root(y);
        if (x == y) return;
        if (sz[x] < sz[y]) swap(x, y);
        par[y] = x;
        sz[x] += sz[y];
        sz[y] = 0;
    }

    bool issame(int x, int y) {
        return root(x) == root(y);
    }

    int size(int x) {
        return sz[root(x)];
    }
};

void solve() {
    int N, M;
    cin >> N >> M;
    UnionFind uf(N);
    REP(i, M) {
        int a, b;
        cin >> a >> b;
        a--, b--;
        uf.merge(a, b);
    }

    int ans = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
        chmax(ans, uf.size(i));
    }
    cout << ans << endl;

}


int main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
//    std::ifstream in("input.txt");
//    std::cin.rdbuf(in.rdbuf());

    solve();


    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4360