using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;
using System.Numerics;

namespace AtCoder
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new Program().Solve(new ConsoleInput(Console.In, ' '));
        }

        public void Solve(ConsoleInput cin)
        {
            var N = cin.ReadInt;
            var M = cin.ReadInt;

            var friends = new int[N + 1].Select(x => new List<int>()).ToArray();
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++)
            {
                var a = cin.ReadInt;
                var b = cin.ReadInt;
                friends[a].Add(b);
                friends[b].Add(a);
            }

            for (int i = 1; i < N + 1; i++)
            {
                friends[i] = friends[i].GroupBy(x => x).Select(x => x.Key).ToList();
            }

            var unionFind = new int[N + 1];

            for (int i = 1; i < N + 1; i++)
            {
                if (unionFind[i] != 0) continue;
                unionFind[i] = i;

                var willCheck = new Queue<int>();
                foreach (var f in friends[i])
                {
                    if (unionFind[f] != 0) continue;
                    willCheck.Enqueue(f);
                    unionFind[f] = i;
                }

                while (willCheck.Count != 0) 
                {
                    var c = willCheck.Dequeue();
                    foreach (var f in friends[c])
                    {
                        if (unionFind[f] != 0) continue;
                        unionFind[f] = i;
                        willCheck.Enqueue(f);
                    }
                }
            }

            //for (int i = 1; i < N+1; i++)
            //{
            //    WriteLine("i : {0}  uf : {1}",i,unionFind[i]);
            //}

            var ans = unionFind.GroupBy(x => x).Select(x => x.Count()).Max();
            WriteLine(ans);
        }

        private BigInteger Lcm(BigInteger a, BigInteger b)
        {
            return (a * b) / Gcd(a, b);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 最大公約数計算
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="a"></param>
        /// <param name="b"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private BigInteger Gcd(BigInteger a, BigInteger b)
        {
            if (a < b) return Gcd(b, a);

            while (b != 0)
            {
                var mod = a % b;
                a = b;
                b = mod;
            }
            return a;
        }
    }

    public class ConsoleInput
    {
        private readonly System.IO.TextReader _stream;
        private char _separator = ' ';
        private Queue<string> inputStream;
        public ConsoleInput(System.IO.TextReader stream, char separator = ' ')
        {
            this._separator = separator;
            this._stream = stream;
            inputStream = new Queue<string>();
        }

        public string Read
        {
            get
            {
                if (inputStream.Count != 0) return inputStream.Dequeue();
                string[] tmp = _stream.ReadLine().Split(_separator);
                for (int i = 0; i < tmp.Length; i++)
                    inputStream.Enqueue(tmp[i]);
                return inputStream.Dequeue();
            }
        }

        public string ReadLine { get { return _stream.ReadLine(); } }
        public int ReadInt { get { return int.Parse(Read); } }
        public long ReadLong { get { return long.Parse(Read); } }
        public double ReadDouble { get { return double.Parse(Read); } }
        public string[] ReadStrArray(long N) { var ret = new string[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = Read; return ret; }
        public int[] ReadIntArray(long N) { var ret = new int[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = ReadInt; return ret; }
        public long[] ReadLongArray(long N) { var ret = new long[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = ReadLong; return ret; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Mod計算用クラス
    /// </summary>
    struct ModInt
    {
        const int M = 1000000007;
        public long V;
        public ModInt(long v) { V = (v %= M) < 0 ? v + M : v; }

        public static implicit operator ModInt(long v) => new ModInt(v);
        public static ModInt operator +(ModInt x) => x;
        public static ModInt operator -(ModInt x) => -x.V;
        public static ModInt operator +(ModInt x, ModInt y) => x.V + y.V;
        public static ModInt operator -(ModInt x, ModInt y) => x.V - y.V;
        public static ModInt operator *(ModInt x, ModInt y) => x.V * y.V;
        public static ModInt operator /(ModInt x, ModInt y) => x.V * y.Inv();

        public ModInt Pow(int i) => MPow(V, i);
        public ModInt Inv() => MPow(V, M - 2);
        public override string ToString() => $"{V}";

        static long MPow(long b, int i)
        {
            for (var r = 1L; ; b = b * b % M)
            {
                if (i % 2 > 0) r = r * b % M;
                if ((i /= 2) < 1) return r;
            }
        }

        public static long MFactorial(int n) { for (long x = 1, i = 1; ; x = x * ++i % M) if (i >= n) return x; }
        public static long MNpr(int n, int r)
        {
            if (n < r) return 0;
            for (long x = 1, i = n - r; ; x = x * ++i % M) if (i >= n) return x;
        }
        public static ModInt MNcr(int n, int r) => n < r ? 0 : n - r < r ? MNcr(n, n - r) : (ModInt)MNpr(n, r) / MFactorial(r);
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 100600