#define MOD_TYPE 1

#pragma region Macros
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#if 0
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>
using Int = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;
using lld = boost::multiprecision::cpp_dec_float_100;
#endif

#pragma GCC target("avx2")
#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")

using ll = long long int;
using ld = long double;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using pld = pair<ld, ld>;
template <typename Q_type>
using smaller_queue = priority_queue<Q_type, vector<Q_type>, greater<Q_type>>;

constexpr ll MOD = (MOD_TYPE == 1 ? (ll)(1e9 + 7) : 998244353);
//constexpr ll MOD = 1;
constexpr int INF = (int)1e9 + 10;
constexpr ll LINF = (ll)4e18;
constexpr double PI = acos(-1.0);
constexpr double EPS = 1e-11;
constexpr int Dx[] = {0, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 0};
constexpr int Dy[] = {1, -1, 0, 0, -1, -1, 1, 1, 0};

#define REP(i, m, n) for (ll i = m; i < (ll)(n); ++i)
#define rep(i, n) REP(i, 0, n)
#define REPI(i, m, n) for (int i = m; i < (int)(n); ++i)
#define repi(i, n) REPI(i, 0, n)
#define MP make_pair
#define MT make_tuple
#define YES(n) cout << ((n) ? "YES" : "NO") << "\n"
#define Yes(n) cout << ((n) ? "Yes" : "No") << "\n"
#define possible(n) cout << ((n) ? "possible" : "impossible") << "\n"
#define Possible(n) cout << ((n) ? "Possible" : "Impossible") << "\n"
#define Yay(n) cout << ((n) ? "Yay!" : ":(") << "\n"
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define NP(v) next_permutation(all(v))
#define dbg(x) cerr << #x << ":" << x << "\n";

struct init_main
{
  init_main()
  {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << setprecision(30) << setiosflags(ios::fixed);
  };
} init_main_;
template <typename T>
inline bool chmin(T &a, T b)
{
  if (a > b)
  {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <typename T>
inline bool chmax(T &a, T b)
{
  if (a < b)
  {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
inline ll CEIL(ll a, ll b)
{
  return (a + b - 1) / b;
}
template <typename A, size_t N, typename T>
inline void Fill(A (&array)[N], const T &val)
{
  fill((T *)array, (T *)(array + N), val);
}
template <typename T, typename U>
constexpr istream &operator>>(istream &is, pair<T, U> &p) noexcept
{
  is >> p.first >> p.second;
  return is;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
constexpr ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, pair<T, U> &p) noexcept
{
  os << p.first << " " << p.second;
  return os;
}
#pragma endregion

class UnionFind
{
private:
  vector<int> par, sizes;

public:
  UnionFind(int n = 200010) : par(n), sizes(n, 1)
  {
    rep(i, n) par[i] = i;
  }

  int root(int x)
  {
    if (x == par[x])
      return x;
    return par[x] = root(par[x]);
  }

  void unite(int x, int y)
  {
    x = root(x);
    y = root(y);
    if (x == y)
      return;
    if (sizes[x] < sizes[y])
      swap(x, y);
    par[y] = x;
    sizes[x] += sizes[y];
  }

  bool same(int x, int y)
  {
    return root(x) == root(y);
  }

  int size(int x)
  {
    return sizes[root(x)];
  }
};

void solve()
{
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  UnionFind uf(n);
  rep(i, m)
  {
    int a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    a--, b--;
    uf.unite(a, b);
  }
  int Max = 0;
  rep(i, n) chmax(Max, uf.size(i));
  cout << Max << "\n";
}

int main()
{
  solve();
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4792