using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;
using static Atcoder.IO;

namespace Atcoder
{
    class Program
    {
        static StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                SetOut(sw);
                Solve.Answer();
                Out.Flush();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                WriteLine(ex.ToString());
                Out.Flush();
            }
        }
    }

    public class Solve
    {
        public static void Answer()
        {
            var NM = RSInt;
            var N = NM[0];
            var M = NM[1];

            var Graph = new List<List<int>>();
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Graph.Add(new List<int>());
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++)
            {
                var ab = IO.RSInt;
                Graph[ab[0] - 1].Add(ab[1] - 1);
                Graph[ab[1] - 1].Add(ab[0] - 1);
            }

            var dist = Enumerable.Repeat(-1, N).ToArray();
            var que = new Queue<int>();
            int ans = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                if (dist[i] != -1) continue;
                dist[i] = 1;
                que.Enqueue(i);

                int gCnt = 1;
                while (que.Count != 0)
                {
                    int now = que.Dequeue();

                    foreach (var around in Graph[now])
                    {
                        if (dist[around] != -1) continue;
                        dist[around] = 1;
                        que.Enqueue(around);
                        gCnt++;
                    }
                }
                ans = Max(ans, gCnt);
            }
            WriteLine(ans);
        }
    }

    public class IO
    {
        #region Input
        public static int RInt => int.Parse(ReadLine());
        public static long RLong => long.Parse(ReadLine());
        public static double RDouble => double.Parse(ReadLine());

        public static string[] RSString => ReadLine().Split();
        public static int[] RSInt => ReadLine().Split().Select(s => int.Parse(s)).ToArray();
        public static long[] RSLong => ReadLine().Split().Select(s => long.Parse(s)).ToArray();
        public static double[] RSDouble => ReadLine().Split().Select(s => double.Parse(s)).ToArray();
        #endregion

        #region Output
        public static void OutJoinSpace<T>(IEnumerable<T> list) => WriteLine(string.Join(" ", list));
        public static void WriteLineYes_or_No(bool flag) => WriteLine(flag ? "Yes" : "No");
        public static void WriteLineYES_or_NO(bool flag) => WriteLine(flag ? "YES" : "NO");
        #endregion
    }

    public class Mod
    {
        #region
        private readonly static long M = 1000000007;

        public static long Add(long a, long b) => (a + b) % M;
        public static long Sub(long a, long b) => (a - b) % M >= 0 ? (a - b) % M : (a - b) % M + M;
        public static long Multi(long a, long b) => (a * b) % M;
        #endregion
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 68500