#include<bits/stdc++.h>
//#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
//using namespace __gnu_pbds;


//      DEEP

using namespace std;
#define boost ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL)
#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define pb push_back
#define endl '\n'
#define mp make_pair

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<long long> vll;
typedef pair<int,int> pi;
typedef pair<long long,long long> pll;
typedef set<int> si;


/*
typedef tree<int,null_type,less<int>,rb_tree_tag,
tree_order_statistics_node_update> indexed_set;
*/
/*
typedef tree<
pair<int, int>,
null_type,
less<pair<int, int>>,
rb_tree_tag,
tree_order_statistics_node_update> ordered_set;
*/

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const ll modl=998244353;
const double pie=3.1415926535;
                                                    //power
ull power(ull x,ull y){
   if(y==0) return 1;
   else{
     if(y%2==0) return power(x*x,y/2);
     else return x*power(x*x,(y-1)/2);
   }
}

                        //                    Modular Exponentiation

ll mod_power(ll x, ll y, ll m)
{
    ll r = 1;     // Initialize result

    x = x % m; // Update x if it is more than or equal to m

    if (x == 0) return 0; // In case x is divisible by m;

    while (y > 0)
    {
        // If y is odd, multiply x with result
        if (y & 1)
            r = (r*x) % m;

        // y must be even now
        y = y/2;
        x = (x*x) % m;
    }
    return r;
}

                                                      //GCD
ll gcd(ll x,ll y){
   if(y==0)return x;
   return gcd(y,x%y);
}
                                              // SIEVE

/*
bool isPrime[100001];
void sieve(int N) {

        for(int i = 0; i <= N;++i) {
            isPrime[i]=true;
        }
        isPrime[0]=false;
        isPrime[1]=false;

        for(int i = 2; i * i <= N; ++i) {
             if(isPrime[i] == true) {
                 for(int j = i * i; j <= N ;j += i)
                     isPrime[j] = false;
            }
        }
    }
*/
int gcdExtended(int a, int b, int *x, int *y); 
  
int modInverse(int b, int m) 
{ 
    int x, y; // used in extended GCD algorithm 
    int g = gcdExtended(b, m, &x, &y); 
  
    // Return -1 if b and m are not co-prime 
    if (g != 1) 
        return -1; 
  
    // m is added to handle negative x 
    return (x%m + m) % m; 
} 
int modDivide(int a, int b, int m) 
{ 
    a = a % m; 
    int inv = modInverse(b, m); 
    if (inv == -1) 
       return -1;
    else{
       ll ans=(inv * a) % m; 
       return ans;
     }
    
} 
int gcdExtended(int a, int b, int *x, int *y) 
{ 
    // Base Case 
    if (a == 0) 
    { 
        *x = 0, *y = 1; 
        return b; 
    } 
  
    int x1, y1; // To store results of recursive call 
    int gcd = gcdExtended(b%a, a, &x1, &y1); 
  
    // Update x and y using results of recursive 
    // call 
    *x = y1 - (b/a) * x1; 
    *y = x1; 
  
    return gcd; 
} 
int c=0;
vector<si>adj;
vector<bool>visited;
void dfs(int x){
  visited[x]=true;
  c++;
  for(int i : adj[x]){
    if(!visited[i])dfs(i);
  }
}
int main(){
    boost;
    int TESTS=1;
    //cin>>TESTS;
    while(TESTS--){
      int n,m;
      cin>>n>>m;
      adj=vector<set<int> >(n+1);
      visited=vector<bool>(n+1,false);
      for(int i=0;i<m;i++){
        int x,y;
        cin>>x>>y;
        if(x!=y){
        adj[x].insert(y);
        adj[y].insert(x);
      }
      }
      int ans=0;
      for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
        if(!visited[i]){
          c=0;
          dfs(i);
          ans=max(ans,c);
        }
      }
      cout<<ans<<endl;
     
      
    }
}












Measured memory_bytes: 37500