As for the version extraction, I'd just go with:

    my $version= do {
        no strict 'refs';
        ${$module."::VERSION"};
    };
    if(  defined $version  ) {
        push @out, "$module version $version\n";
    } else {
        push @out, "$module, no version\n";
    }
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