3000 really isn't that much if you think about how much it is used and how relatively extensive it is. Though the 3000 is also not just bugs but also feature requests (only ~800 are marked as bugs and 1.5k are marked as feature requests).
As comparison libarchive is sitting at ~300 open issues and LLVM is sitting at ~30k. Both also being really important in their own ways.
As comparison libarchive is sitting at ~300 open issues and LLVM is sitting at ~30k. Both also being really important in their own ways.