#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i, N) for(int i=0;i<(N);i++)
#define PF(d,x) printf("%"#d"\n",x);
#define SCD(n) scanf("%d",&n)
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
///////////////////////////////////////////////
/* (๑╹◡╹) */
ll gcd(ll x, ll y) { return y ? gcd(y, x % y) : x; }
int ctoi(char c){char a = '0';for(int i = 0;i < 10; ++i){if (a + i == c) return i;}return -1;}
const int MAX = 5100000;
const int MOD = 1000000007;
long long fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];
void COMinit() {
    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;
    }
}

// 二項係数計算
long long 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;
}

// modint (1000000007 で割ったあまりを扱う構造体)
template<int MOD> struct Fp {
    long long val;
    constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) v += MOD;
    }
    constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            long long t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr istream& operator >> (istream &is, Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return is >> x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};
using mint = Fp<MOD>; //intの代わりにmintって書くとMODで割ってくれる．

/* (๑╹◡╹)(๑╹◡╹)(๑╹◡╹)(๑╹◡╹)(๑╹◡╹)(๑╹◡╹) */
///////////////////////////////////////////////

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> par; // par[i]:iの親の番号　(例) par[3] = 2 : 3の親が2

    UnionFind(int N) : par(N) { //最初は全てが根であるとして初期化
        for(int i = 0; i < N; i++) par[i] = i;
    }

    int root(int x) { // データxが属する木の根を再帰で得る：root(x) = {xの木の根}
        if (par[x] == x) return x;
        return par[x] = root(par[x]);
    }

    void unite(int x, int y) { // xとyの木を併合
        int rx = root(x); //xの根をrx
        int ry = root(y); //yの根をry
        if (rx == ry) return; //xとyの根が同じ(=同じ木にある)時はそのまま
        par[rx] = ry; //xとyの根が同じでない(=同じ木にない)時：xの根rxをyの根ryにつける
    }

    bool same(int x, int y) { // 2つのデータx, yが属する木が同じならtrueを返す
        int rx = root(x);
        int ry = root(y);
        return rx == ry;
    }
};

int main() {
    ll N,M;
    cin >> N >> M;

    UnionFind tree(N+1);

    rep(i,M){
        ll x,y;
        cin >> x >> y;
        tree.unite(x,y);
    }
    ll A[N+2] = {};
    rep(i,N+1){
        A[tree.root(i)]++;
    }
    ll ans = 0;
    rep(i,N+1){ans = max(ans , A[i]);}
    
    cout << ans << endl;

}

Measured memory_bytes: 11804