/*input
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*/
 
/*
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                                                          |       )
                                                          |   )   /
                                                          |______/
                                                    |     |      \
                                                    |     |   )   \
                                                    |_____|_______)
 
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <ctime>
#include <cassert>
#include <complex>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <chrono>
#include <random>
#include <queue>
#include <bitset>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <stack>

using namespace std;
 
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int,int> PII;
typedef pair<ll , ll> PLL;
typedef long double ld;
 
#define pb push_back
#define all(c) c.begin(),c.end()
#define allr(c) c.rbegin(),c.rend()
int mod = 1000000007;
const int inf = 1034567891;
const ll LL_INF = 1234567890123456789ll;
#define PI 3.14159265
#define endl '\n'
#define F first
#define S second
#define debug(x) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl;
#define TRACE
 
#ifdef TRACE
#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
  cout << name << " : " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
  const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');cout.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);
}
#else
#define trace(...)
#endif
 
#define out(container) for (auto it : container) cout << it << " "; cout << endl;
 
 
template < typename T > T GCD(T a, T b)            { ll t; while(a) { t = a; a = b % a; b = t; } return b; }
template < typename T > string toString(T a)       { return to_string(a); }
template < typename T > void toInt(string s, T &x) { stringstream str(s); str >> x;}
inline int add(int x, int y){ x += y; if(x >= mod) x -= mod; return x;}
inline int sub(int x, int y){ x -= y; if(x < 0) x += mod; return x;}
inline int mul(int x, int y){ return (x * 1ll * y) % mod;}
inline int powr(int a, ll b){
  int x = 1 % mod;
  while(b){
    if(b & 1) x = mul(x, a);
    a = mul(a, a);
    b >>= 1;
  }
  return x;
}
inline int inv(int a){ return powr(a, mod - 2);}

const int N = 2e5 + 5;

struct DSU {
  int connected;
  int par[N], sz[N];
  DSU(int n) {
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
      par[i] = i;
      sz[i] = 1;
    }
    connected = n;
  }
  int getPar(int k) {
    while (k != par[k]) {
      par[k] = par[par[k]];
      k = par[k];
    }
    return k;
  }
  void unite(int u, int v) {
    int par1 = getPar(u), par2 = getPar(v);
    if (par1 == par2) return;
    connected--;
    if (sz[par1] > sz[par2])
      swap(par1, par2);
    sz[par2] += sz[par1];
    sz[par1] = 0;
    par[par1] = par[par2];
  }
};

int main()
{
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  int u, v;
  DSU d(n);
  for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
    cin >> u >> v;
    d.unite(u, v);
  }  
  int ans = 1;
  for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
    ans = max(ans, d.sz[d.getPar(i)]);
  }
  cout << ans << endl;

  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 5204