import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main{
	static int[] p, rank, setSize;
	static int numSets,N;
	static void preProcessDSU(int n) {
		N=n;
		p = new int[numSets = N];
		rank = new int[N];
		setSize = new int[N];
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {  p[i] = i; setSize[i] = 1; }
	}
	public static int findSet(int i) { return p[i] == i ? i : (p[i] = findSet(p[i])); }
	
	public static boolean isSameSet(int i, int j) { return findSet(i) == findSet(j); }
	
	public static boolean unionSet(int i, int j) 
	{ 
		if (isSameSet(i, j)) 
			return false;
		numSets--; 
		int x = findSet(i), y = findSet(j);
		if(rank[x] > rank[y]) { p[y] = x; setSize[x] += setSize[y]; }
		else
		{	p[x] = y; setSize[y] += setSize[x];
			if(rank[x] == rank[y]) rank[y]++; 
		} 
		return true;
	}
	static void main() throws Exception{
		int n=sc.nextInt(),m=sc.nextInt();
		preProcessDSU(n);
		while(m-->0) {
			unionSet(sc.nextInt()-1, sc.nextInt()-1);
		}
		int ans=0;
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			ans=Math.max(ans, setSize[findSet(i)]);
		}
		pw.println(ans);
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
		sc=new MScanner(System.in);
		pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		int tc=1;
//		tc=sc.nextInt();
		while(tc-->0)
			main();
		pw.flush();
	}
	static PrintWriter pw;
	static MScanner  sc;
	static class MScanner {
		StringTokenizer st;
		BufferedReader br;
		public MScanner(InputStream system) {
			br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(system));
		}
 
		public MScanner(String file) throws Exception {
			br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
		}
 
		public String next() throws IOException {
			while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens())
				st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
			return st.nextToken();
		}
		public int[] intArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        int[]in=new int[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextInt();
	        return in;
		}
		public long[] longArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        long[]in=new long[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextLong();
	        return in;
		}
		public int[] intSortedArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        int[]in=new int[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextInt();
	        shuffle(in);
	        Arrays.sort(in);
	        return in;
		}
		public long[] longSortedArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        long[]in=new long[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextLong();
	        shuffle(in);
	        Arrays.sort(in);
	        return in;
		}
		public Integer[] IntegerArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        Integer[]in=new Integer[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextInt();
	        return in;
		}
		public Long[] LongArr(int n) throws IOException {
	        Long[]in=new Long[n];for(int i=0;i<n;i++)in[i]=nextLong();
	        return in;
		}
		public String nextLine() throws IOException {
			return br.readLine();
		}
 
		public int nextInt() throws IOException {
			return Integer.parseInt(next());
		}
 
		public double nextDouble() throws IOException {
			return Double.parseDouble(next());
		}
 
		public char nextChar() throws IOException {
			return next().charAt(0);
		}
 
		public long nextLong() throws IOException {
			return Long.parseLong(next());
		}
 
		public boolean ready() throws IOException {
			return br.ready();
		}
 
		public void waitForInput() throws InterruptedException {
			Thread.sleep(3000);
		}
	}
	static void shuffle(int[]in) {
		for(int i=0;i<in.length;i++) {
			int idx=(int)(Math.random()*in.length);
			int tmp=in[i];
			in[i]=in[idx];
			in[idx]=tmp;
		}
	}
	static void shuffle(long[]in) {
		for(int i=0;i<in.length;i++) {
			int idx=(int)(Math.random()*in.length);
			long tmp=in[i];
			in[i]=in[idx];
			in[idx]=tmp;
		}
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 49584