#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()
#define rep(i,n) for (int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define codefor int test;scanf("%d",&test);while(test--)
#define INT(...) int __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define LL(...) ll __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define yn(ans) if(ans)printf("Yes\n");else printf("No\n")
#define YN(ans) if(ans)printf("YES\n");else printf("NO\n")
#define vector1d(type,name,...) vector<type>name(__VA_ARGS__)
#define vector2d(type,name,h,...) vector<vector<type>>name(h,vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__))
#define umap unordered_map
#define uset unordered_set
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
const int MOD=1000000007;
//入力系
void scan(int& a){scanf("%d",&a);}
void scan(long long& a){scanf("%lld",&a);}
template<class T> void scan(T& a){cin>>a;}
template<class T> void scan(vector<T>& vec){for(auto&& it:vec)scan(it);}
void in(){}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void in(Head& head, Tail&... tail){scan(head);in(tail...);}
//出力系
void print(const int& a){printf("%d",a);}
void print(const long long& a){printf("%lld",a);}
void print(const double& a){printf("%.15lf",a);}
template<class T> void print(const T& a){cout<<a;}
template<class T> void print(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;print(vec[0]);for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){putchar(' ');print(*it);}}
void out(){putchar('\n');}
template<class T> void out(const T& t){print(t);putchar('\n');}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void out(const Head& head,const Tail&... tail){print(head);putchar(' ');out(tail...);}
//デバッグ系
template<class T> void dprint(const T& a){cerr<<a;}
template<class T> void dprint(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;cerr<<vec[0];for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){cerr<<" "<<*it;}}
void debug(){cerr<<endl;}
template<class T> void debug(const T& t){dprint(t);cerr<<endl;}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void debug(const Head& head, const Tail&... tail){dprint(head);cerr<<" ";debug(tail...);}
ll intpow(ll a, ll b){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) ans *= a; a *= a; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll modpow(ll a, ll b, ll p){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) (ans *= a) %= p; (a *= a) %= p; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll updivide(ll a,ll b){if(a%b==0) return a/b;else return (a/b)+1;}

struct dsu {
  public:
    dsu() : _n(0) {}
    dsu(int n) : _n(n), parent_or_size(n, -1) {}

    int merge(int a, int b) {
        assert(0 <= a && a < _n);
        assert(0 <= b && b < _n);
        int x = leader(a), y = leader(b);
        if (x == y) return x;
        if (-parent_or_size[x] < -parent_or_size[y]) std::swap(x, y);
        parent_or_size[x] += parent_or_size[y];
        parent_or_size[y] = x;
        return x;
    }

    bool same(int a, int b) {
        assert(0 <= a && a < _n);
        assert(0 <= b && b < _n);
        return leader(a) == leader(b);
    }

    int leader(int a) {
        assert(0 <= a && a < _n);
        if (parent_or_size[a] < 0) return a;
        return parent_or_size[a] = leader(parent_or_size[a]);
    }

    int size(int a) {
        assert(0 <= a && a < _n);
        return -parent_or_size[leader(a)];
    }

    std::vector<std::vector<int>> groups() {
        std::vector<int> leader_buf(_n), group_size(_n);
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) {
            leader_buf[i] = leader(i);
            group_size[leader_buf[i]]++;
        }
        std::vector<std::vector<int>> result(_n);
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) {
            result[i].reserve(group_size[i]);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) {
            result[leader_buf[i]].push_back(i);
        }
        result.erase(
            std::remove_if(result.begin(), result.end(),
                           [&](const std::vector<int>& v) { return v.empty(); }),
            result.end());
        return result;
    }

  private:
    int _n;
    // root node: -1 * component size
    // otherwise: parent
    std::vector<int> parent_or_size;
};

int main(){
    INT(n,m);
    dsu d(n);
    int a,b;
    rep(i,m){
        in(a,b);
        d.merge(a-1,b-1);
    }
    vector<vector<int>> G=d.groups();
    int ans=0;
    rep(i,G.size()){
        ans=max(ans,(int)G[i].size());
    }
    out(ans);
}

Measured memory_bytes: 16284