import sys
input = lambda :sys.stdin.readline()[:-1]
ni = lambda :int(input())
na = lambda :list(map(int,input().split()))
yes = lambda :print("yes");Yes = lambda :print("Yes");YES = lambda : print("YES")
no = lambda :print("no");No = lambda :print("No");NO = lambda : print("NO")
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from collections import defaultdict
 
class UnionFind2():
    def __init__(self, n, e, f):
        self.n = n
        self.parents = [-1] * n
        self.a = [e] * n
        self.f = f
 
    def find(self, x):
        if self.parents[x] < 0:
            return x
        else:
            self.parents[x] = self.find(self.parents[x])
            return self.parents[x]
 
    def union(self, x, y):
        x = self.find(x)
        y = self.find(y)
 
        if x == y:
            return
 
        if self.parents[x] > self.parents[y]:
            x, y = y, x
 
        self.parents[x] += self.parents[y]
        self.parents[y] = x
        self.a[x] = self.f(self.a[x], self.a[y])
        self.a[y] = e
 
    def size(self, x):
        return -self.parents[self.find(x)]
 
    def same(self, x, y):
        return self.find(x) == self.find(y)
 
    def members(self, x):
        root = self.find(x)
        return [i for i in range(self.n) if self.find(i) == root]
 
    def roots(self):
        return [i for i, x in enumerate(self.parents) if x < 0]
 
    def group_count(self):
        return len(self.roots())
 
    def all_group_members(self):
        group_members = defaultdict(list)
        for member in range(self.n):
            group_members[self.find(member)].append(member)
        return group_members
 
    def __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join(f'{r}: {m}' for r, m in self.all_group_members().items())

e = 0
def f(x, y):
    return max(x, y) + 1

n, m = na()
E = []
for i in range(m):
    u, v  = na()
    u-=1
    v-=1
    E.append((u, v))
uf = UnionFind2(n, e, f)
for u, v in E[::-1]:
    if uf.same(u, v):
        uf.a[uf.find(u)] += 1
    else:
        uf.union(u, v)
        
    

print(max([uf.a[x] for x in range(n)]))