# ===============================================================================================
# importing some useful libraries.
from __future__ import division, print_function
from fractions import Fraction
import sys
import os
from io import BytesIO, IOBase
from itertools import *
import bisect
from heapq import *
from math import *
from copy import *
from collections import deque
from collections import Counter as counter  # Counter(list)  return a dict with {key: count}
from itertools import combinations as comb  # if a = [1,2,3] then print(list(comb(a,2))) -----> [(1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 3)]
from itertools import permutations as permutate
from bisect import bisect_left as bl
# If the element is already present in the list,

# the left most position where element has to be inserted is returned.
from bisect import bisect_right as br
from bisect import bisect

# If the element is already present in the list,
# the right most position where element has to be inserted is returned

# ==============================================================================================
# fast I/O region

BUFSIZE = 8192


class FastIO(IOBase):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.buffer = BytesIO()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
        self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None


    def read(self):
        while True:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            if not b:
                break
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines = 0
        return self.buffer.read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return self.buffer.readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
            self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)


class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
        self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
        self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")


def print(*args, **kwargs):
    """Prints the values to a stream, or to sys.stdout by default."""
    sep, file = kwargs.pop("sep", " "), kwargs.pop("file", sys.stdout)
    at_start = True
    for x in args:
        if not at_start:
            file.write(sep)
        file.write(str(x))
        at_start = False
    file.write(kwargs.pop("end", "\n"))
    if kwargs.pop("flush", False):
        file.flush()


if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    sys.stdin, sys.stdout = FastIO(sys.stdin), FastIO(sys.stdout)
else:
    sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)

# inp = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")

# ===============================================================================================
### START ITERATE RECURSION ###
from types import GeneratorType


def iterative(f, stack=[]):
    def wrapped_func(*args, **kwargs):
        if stack: return f(*args, **kwargs)
        to = f(*args, **kwargs)
        while True:
            if type(to) is GeneratorType:
                stack.append(to)
                to = next(to)
                continue
            stack.pop()
            if not stack: break
            to = stack[-1].send(to)
        return to

    return wrapped_func


#### END ITERATE RECURSION ####

# ===============================================================================================
# some shortcuts

mod = 1000000007


def inp(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")  # for fast input

def out(var): sys.stdout.write(str(var))  # for fast output, always take string

def lis(): return list(map(int, inp().split()))

def stringlis(): return list(map(str, inp().split()))

def sep(): return map(int, inp().split())

def strsep(): return map(str, inp().split())


def zerolist(n): return [0] * n

def nextline(): out("\n")  # as stdout.write always print sring.

def testcase(t):
    for p in range(t):
        solve()

def printlist(a):
    for p in range(0, len(a)):
        out(str(a[p]) + ' ')

def lcm(a, b): return (a * b) // gcd(a, b)

def power(x, y, p):
    res = 1  # Initialize result
    x = x % p  # Update x if it is more , than or equal to p
    if (x == 0):
        return 0
    while (y > 0):
        if ((y & 1) == 1):  # If y is odd, multiply, x with result
            res = (res * x) % p

        y = y >> 1  # y = y/2
        x = (x * x) % p
    return res

def ncr(n, r): return factorial(n) // (factorial(r) * factorial(max(n - r, 1)))

def isPrime(n):
    if (n <= 1): return False
    if (n <= 3): return True
    if (n % 2 == 0 or n % 3 == 0): return False
    i = 5
    while (i * i <= n):
        if (n % i == 0 or n % (i + 2) == 0):
            return False
        i = i + 6
    return True


class MergeFind:
    def __init__(self, n):
        self.parent = list(range(n))
        self.size = [1] * n
        self.num_sets = n
       #self.lista = [[_] for _ in range(n)]

    def find(self, a):
        to_update = []
        while a != self.parent[a]:
            to_update.append(a)
            a = self.parent[a]
        for b in to_update:
            self.parent[b] = a
        return self.parent[a]

    def merge(self, a, b):
        a = self.find(a)
        b = self.find(b)
        if a == b:
            return
        if self.size[a] < self.size[b]:
            a, b = b, a
        self.num_sets -= 1
        self.parent[b] = a
        self.size[a] += self.size[b]
       # self.lista[a] += self.lista[b]
        #self.lista[b] = []

    def set_size(self, a):
        return self.size[self.find(a)]

    def __len__(self):
        return self.num_sets

n,m=sep()
di=MergeFind(n)
for _ in range(m):
    a,b=sep()
    a-=1
    b-=1
    di.merge(a,b)
print(max(di.size))

Measured memory_bytes: 87292