/*
Author : Aditya Gupta
Team : TechTurtle
Date : 29-08-2020
Time : 20:05:54
*/


#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long int
#define ld long double
#define vll vector<ll>
#define vvll vector< vll >
#define vld vector< ld >
#define vvld vector< vld >
#define pll pair<ll ,ll >
#define vpll vector< pll >
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define MOD 1000000007
#define endl "\n"
#define flash ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);
#define test ll t;cin>>t;while(t--)
#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(),v.rend()
#define fst first
#define scd second
#define mk(arr,n,type)  type *arr=new type[n];


#define forn(i,n) for(ll (i) = 0 ; (i) < (n) ; ++(i))
#define for1(i,n) for(ll (i) = 1 ; (i) <= (n) ; ++(i))
#define forr(i,n) for(ll (i) = (n)-1 ; (i)>=0 ; --(i))
#define forab(i,a,b,c) for(ll (i) = a ; (i) <= (b) ; (i)+=(c))

using namespace std;

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Maths //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//vll sieve;
//void Sieve(int N){  //smallest prime factor
//	const ll maxn = N;
//	sieve.resize(maxn);
//	forn(i,maxn) sieve[i] = i;
//	sieve[1] = -1;
//	sieve[0] = -1;
//	forab(i,2,maxn,1) if(i == sieve[i]) for(ll j = i*i ; j < maxn ; j+=i) if(sieve[j] == j) sieve[j] = i;
//
////	for(auto i:sieve){
////		cout<<i<<" ";
////	}
//
//}
vll sieve;
vll* Sieve(int N) {
	const ll maxn = N;
	sieve.resize(maxn);
	forn(i,maxn) sieve[i] = 1;
	sieve[1] = 0;
	sieve[0] = 0;
	forab(i,2,maxn,1) if(1 == sieve[i]) for(ll j = i*i ; j < maxn ; j+=i) sieve[j] = 0;

	vll* primes=new vll();
	primes->pb(2);
	for(int i=3; i<maxn; i+=2)
		if(sieve[i]) {
			primes->pb(i);
		}
	return primes;

}


ll extended_GCD(ll a , ll b , ll &x , ll &y) {
	if(a == 0) {
		x = 0;
		y = 1;
		return b;
	}
	ll x1 , y1;
	ll gcd = extended_GCD(b%a , a , x1 , y1);
	x = y1 - (b/a)*x1;
	y = x1;
	return gcd;
}

ll ncr(ll n,ll k) {
	ll r=1;
	if(k>n-k)
		k=n-k;
	for(ll i=0; i<k; i++) {
		r*=(n-i);
		r/=(i+1);
	}
	return r;
}


ll power(ll a, ll b,ll m = MOD) {
	ll res = 1;
	while (b > 0) {
		if (b & 1)
			res = (res * a)%m;
		a = (a * a)%m;
		b >>= 1;
	}
	
	return res;
}

ll modinv(ll a , ll mod = MOD) {
	ll x , y;
	extended_GCD(a , mod , x , y);
	if(x < 0) x += mod;
	return x;
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
bool prime(int n) {
	int c=0;
	for(int i=2; (i*i)<=n; i++) {
		if(n%i==0) {
			c++;
			return false;
		}
	}
	if(c==0)
		return true;
}
// bool compareInterval(char i1, char i2)
//{
//    return (i1 < i2);
//}
// int countoperation(int n,m){
// 	vector<int> d<m+1,-1>;
// }
vector<int> v[200006];
int vis[200006];
int c;

void dfs(int n){
	vis[n]=1;
	c++;
	for(int i:v[n]){
		if(!vis[i])
		dfs(i);
	}
}
void solve() {

int n,e;
cin>>n>>e;
forn(i,e){
	int a,b;
	cin>>a>>b;
	v[a].pb(b);
	v[b].pb(a);
}
int s=0;

for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
	
	if(!vis[i])
	{
		c=0;
	dfs(i);
	s=max(s,c);
   }
}

cout<<s<<"\n";
}

int main() {
	flash
//	freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
//	freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);

//	test
	solve();
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 21488